Aditya L-1 launched..

VarahiMedia.com Online News, Sriharikota, September 2nd, 2023: After the success of Chandrayaan-3, India launches Sun Mission Aditya-L1. This Sun Mission of India has increased the interest of India as well as the whole world.

Days after landing on the Moon, India launched its first Sun mission on Saturday. The launch was carried out by ISRO’s reliable PSLV rocket.

The satellite for the solar mission was launched today at 11.50 am from the second launch pad of the Space Center in Sriharikota. ‘Aditya L1’ for remote observation of the solar system, designed to conduct actual observations of the solar wind at ‘L1’ (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point) 15 lakh kilometers from Earth. Aditya L1 will carry seven payloads, four of which will observe light from the Sun.

India how difficult this mission will be..?

According to information, the Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed for in situ observation of the solar wind at L-1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point) for remote observation of the solar corona (outer layers of the Sun). L-1 is about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

What equipment was used in Aditya L-1..?

Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC): Built by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore). It studies changes and emissions in the Sun’s corona.

Solar Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (SUIT): Developed by Inter-University Center for Astronomy, Astrophysics (Pune). It takes pictures of the sun’s photosphere and chromosphere. These are images in the ultraviolet range, where this light is almost invisible.

SOLEX and HEL1OS: The Solar Low-energy X-ray Spectrometer (SOLEX) and the High-energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) were built by the UR Rao Satellite Centre, Bangalore. Their work is the study of the Sun’s X-rays.

ASPEX and PAPA: Physical Research Laboratory (Ahmedabad), Space Physics Laboratory Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (Thiruvananthapuram) built plasma analyzer package for Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) Aditya (PAPA). Studying the solar wind and understanding energy distribution.

Magnetometer (MAG): Manufactured by Electro Optics Systems Laboratory (Bangalore). It measures the interplanetary magnetic field around the L1 orbit.

What is the purpose of this mission..?

Sun is our nearest star. It helps us a lot in the study of stars. The information obtained from it helps in understanding other stars, our galaxy and many mysteries of astronomy. Sun is about 15 crore km away from our earth.

Although Aditya L1 covers only one percent of this distance, even after covering this distance, it gives us a lot of information about the Sun, which is not possible to know from Earth.