India’s Maiden Solar Mission Is Ready To Be Launched From Sriharikota!
Aditya L1 is India’s First Solar Mission, and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is all ready to launch the ambitious project today, i.e., 2 September at 11:50 AM! The scientists at the ISRO space station are completely focused on the first of its kind by India.
The spacecraft will be launched from the Sriharikota ISRO Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh! The spacecraft will not land on the Sun directly, considering it is impossible. Instead, it has been designed to stay in the fixed orbit of the Sun-Earth System.
The satellite will collect information about the various phenomena on the surface of the Sun. The data collected will be used in the research regarding the Sun. The design of the spacecraft has been created in such a way that it will carry seven payloads.
These payloads will be used to observe the Sun’s outermost layers along with the chromosphere and photosphere. The payloads will be using magnetic field detectors and electromagnetic particles to perform the observation.
Further, the spacecraft’s name determines where it will land, considering it will be placed in a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth system and Lagrange point 1 (L1). Earth is approximately situated 1.5 million km away from this point.
One of the reasons why the satellite is being placed at this point is because there will not be any eclipses or occultations that might create challenges in viewing the Sun at all times. The impact of solar activities on space weather can be evaluated based on real-time data collected through the satellite.
The project is truly a combination and collaboration of India in its truest sense as the seven payloads of the spacecraft Aditya L1 have been developed in the country in different laboratories, namely the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems and U R Rao Satellite Centre in Bangalore.
In Pune, the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics contributed, from Thiruvananthapuram, the Space Physics Laboratory and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre contributed; while from Ahmedabad, the Physical Research Laboratory got involved.
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