Exploring the Aditya L1 Mission: An Overview of ISRO’s Solar Expedition

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has set its sights on several space missions in the coming year. In the near future, we can anticipate the momentous landing of Chandrayaan-3, which is just hours away. Additionally, ISRO has plans to launch a spacecraft dedicated to studying the Sun, including its environment, solar flares, solar storms, coronal mass ejection, and other phenomena. With an ambitious agenda for this year, we eagerly await the insights and revelations that these new studies will bring about the Sun and the Moon. For further information on the Sun mission, please read on.

About Aditya L1 Assignment

The Aditya L1 mission is India’s first solar flyby to explore the Sun for nearly five years. The ISRO PSLV rocket spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from the Sathish Dhawan Space Center SHAR (SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota in August 2023. According to an ISRO report, the spacecraft will carry seven scientific payloads to study the sun from different angles. The spacecraft will be placed in low earth orbit (LEO) at the Lagrange point L1 of the Earth-Solar system. The position is perfect for researchers to study the sun without obstructions from the area.

The assignment gives an understanding of the sun’s photosphere, chromosphere and outermost layer. Throughout the mission, it aims to study the Sun’s atmosphere, solar wind, coronal heat, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), solar flares, and more.

Mission objectives

• According to ISRO, the goal of the mission is to understand the heating of the chromosphere and corona, the physics of partially ionized plasma, the formation of coronal mass ejections and flares.
• Understand the scientific reason behind the solar corona and its heating mechanism.
• Calculate the temperature, speed and density of the Sun’s outer layer.
• Explore the different layers of the sun.
• Collect solar coronal magnetic field measurements.
• Explore the formation and composition of the solar wind and space weather.
• This mission will give us more information about the sun and the solar atmosphere that is affected by solar activity.