ISRO’s Aditya-L1 Mission: India Achieves Milestone Moment

Following the successful touchdown of the Chandrayaan-3 lander on the lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has commenced its next venture, Aditya-L1, today, September 2, 2023, at 11.50 AM from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota. This mission will be executed from Lagrange point 1 of the Sun-Earth system, providing the spacecraft with an unobstructed view of the Sun for conducting comprehensive research. Let’s delve into the objectives of the Aditya-L1 mission.

Aditya-L1 Mission Objectives

According to an ISRO report, this is the first ever space-based observatory-class Indian solar mission to study the Sun’s environment. The Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed to be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrangian point1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. A halo orbit is the perfect place for a satellite to study real-time solar activity without the interruptions of a solar eclipse.

In the longer term, the spacecraft will gain a deeper understanding of the Sun by studying various phenomena and the latest activity. The goals of ISRO mission research are:

1. With the help of the mission, researchers hope to gain a better understanding of the heating of the chromosphere and corona, the physics of partially ionized plasma, and the formation of coronal mass ejections and flares.

2. The goal is to study the coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere

3. It studies the different layers of the sun.

4. The goal of the assignment is to understand the scientific reason behind the solar corona and its heating mechanism.

5. To study the formation and composition of the solar wind and space weather.

6. It studies Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) formation, solar flare and Earth’s near-space weather.

7. Its purpose is also to collect information about the sun and the solar atmosphere, which is affected by the sun’s activity.

8. Multidirectional observations help to understand the direction and intensity of solar winds.

This is a great opportunity for Indian scientists to participate in the study of our Sun and the effects of its activity on the space environment and Earth’s atmosphere.