The Aditya-L1 mission is set to be launched by an Isro PSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre...
Digital Desk: After Chandrayaan-3 made history by landing on the moon's surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) announced that the Aditya-L1 mission would launch on September 2. Aditya-L1 is a mission intended to examine the Sun.
Nilesh M Desai, Director, Space Applications Centre-Isro, Ahmedabad, said on Thursday that the Aditya-L1 mission is ready and waiting.
The Aditya-L1 mission will be launched by an Isro PSLV rocket from Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC SHAR).
According to Nilesh Desai, the spacecraft would take 127 days to reach its objective, which is about 15 lakh km away from Earth.
Details of MISSION ADITYA-L1
The Aditya-L1 mission marks India's ambitious effort to investigate the Sun, a celestial planet that has long attracted scientists and space enthusiasts.
The spacecraft will be outfitted with a Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) for imaging and spectroscopy of the Sun to better understand the science that powers the star.
Aside from VELC, the spacecraft will be outfitted with six other sensors to investigate the science of the Sun. While four payloads observe the Sun directly from the unique vantage point of L1, the remaining three payloads conduct in-situ particle and field research at the Lagrange point L1.
The L1 point in the Earth-Sun system affords an unobstructed view of the Sun and is currently home to NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Satellite SOHO. This position offers a better chance of regularly observing solar activity.
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