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Bengaluru, August 28: The first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, the Aditya-L1 Solar Mission, will launch on September 2, 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Monday.
Sriharikota will launch the solar mission on September 2nd, 2023, at 11:50 A.M.
Taking to X, ISRO said, “The launch of Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is scheduled for September 2, 2023, at 11:50 Hrs IST from Sriharikota. Citizens are invited to witness the launch from the Launch View Gallery at Sriharikota by registering here: https://lvg.shar.gov.in/VSCREGISTRATION/index.jsp. Commencement of registration will be announced there.”
🚀PSLV-C57/🛰️Aditya-L1 Mission:
The launch of Aditya-L1,
the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun ☀️, is scheduled for
🗓️September 2, 2023, at
🕛11:50 Hrs. IST from Sriharikota.Citizens are invited to witness the launch from the Launch View Gallery at… pic.twitter.com/bjhM5mZNrx
— ISRO (@isro) August 28, 2023
Aditya L1 will be the first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft will be positioned in a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth system’s Lagrange point 1, or L1, which is located approximately 1.5 million km from Earth.
The main benefit of having a satellite in the halo orbit around the L1 point is being able to continuously see the Sun without any occultation or eclipses. As a result, it will be easier to monitor solar activity and how it affects space weather in real-time.
The spacecraft is equipped with seven payloads that use magnetic field and electromagnetic particle detectors to study the photosphere, chromosphere and outermost layers of the Sun (the corona).
ISRO also outlined the mission’s goals for the Aditya-L1 satellite.
“Study of Solar upper atmospheric (chromosphere and corona) dynamics. Study of chromospheric and coronal heating, physics of the partially ionized plasma, initiation of the coronal mass ejections, and flares. Observe the in-situ particle and plasma environment providing data for the study of particle dynamics from the Sun,” an official statement issued by ISRO said.
“Physics of solar corona and its heating mechanism. Diagnostics of the coronal and coronal loops plasma: Temperature, velocity and density. Development, dynamics and origin of CMEs,” it said.
“Identify the sequence of processes that occur at multiple layers (chromosphere, base and extended corona) which eventually leads to solar eruptive events. Magnetic field topology and magnetic field measurements in the solar corona. Drivers for space weather (origin, composition and dynamics of solar wind,” it added.
The Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully touched down on the moon’s South Pole on September 23, making India the first nation to accomplish the historic feat and putting an end to the disappointment of the Chandrayaan-2 crash landing four years earlier.
Overall, India became the fourth nation to make a successful landing on the moon, following the US, China and Russia.
