Aditya L1 Mission: Details Revealed
India has made a significant achievement in the realm of space and technology as the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover successfully landed on the Moon’s South Pole. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has now set its sights on a new space mission, this time directed towards the Sun. ISRO is preparing to launch its inaugural space-based solar observatory spacecraft, known as the Aditya L1 mission. This ambitious project aims to uncover various aspects of solar activities and their impact on space weather, offering valuable insights into the behavior of our Sun. Below, you can find details regarding the launch date, cost, and more information about the Aditya L1 mission.
Aditya L-1 Release Date
India’s first Solar mission Aditya L1 will launch on September 2, 2023. The success of Chandrayaan-3 has certainly boosted the confidence of ISRO scientists and the same augurs well for its first Solar mission.
Aditya L1 price
The Government of India has approved a budget of about Rs. 368 crore for the Aditya L1 mission, according to Indiatimes. However, ISRO has not released an official statement on the overall budget of the mission.
About Aditya L1 Mission Objectives
The Aditya L1 spacecraft has been developed at the UR Rao Satellite Center in Bengaluru. It has ended its journey at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, where it is now resting on the launch pad, eagerly awaiting its historic journey into space.
According to ISRO, the Aditya L1 spacecraft is to be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system. It is about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. As ISRO explains, if a satellite is placed in a halo orbit around the L1 point, it can continuously observe the Sun without eclipses. This mission provides an extensive opportunity to study the Sun, observe its activity and effects on space weather, including in real time.
The Aditya L1 spacecraft consists of seven payloads that will study the sun’s photosphere, chromosphere and outermost layers using electromagnetic and particle and magnetic field detectors.
The Aditya L1 mission allows scientists to gain access to key data to understand the problem of coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, pro-flare and solar flare activity and their properties, space weather dynamics, particle dispersion. and fields.
