A day after creating history with an unprecedented soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that it will launch Aditya-L1 mission on September.
When asked about ISRO's next leap towards the Sun, ISRO Chief S Saomnath said, "Aditya mission to the Sun & it is getting ready for launch in September. Gaganyaan is still a work in progress. We will do a mission possibly by the end of September or October to demonstrate the crew module & crew escape capability which will be followed by many test missions until we do the first manned mission possibly by 2025."
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All about the solar mission Aditya L-1
India's maiden attempt to study the celestial center point of our solar system, the Sun from a closer range, the Aditya-L1 mission will be launched by ISRO PSLV rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC SHAR),Sriharikota.
According to the ISRO official, the spacecraft will embark on a 127-day-long journey to reach its destination, which will cover a distance of nearly 15 lakh kilometres from Earth.
The mission is designed with absolute precision with an aim to station the Aditya-L1 in a highly elliptical orbit in a bid to enable close observations of the Sun which will include monitoring solar activity, and advanced understanding of the star that sustains life on Earth.
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It has been reported that the spacecraft will be equipped with a Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) which will be used for imaging and spectroscopy of the Sun to better understand the science powering the star.
Moreover, the spacecraft will also hav ethe advantages of deploying six other instruments to explore the science of the Sun.
Amongst the seven payloads, four will directly view the Sun from the unique vantage point of L1, known to have an uninterrupted view of the Sun, the remaining three payloads will carry out in-situ studies of particles and fields at the Lagrange point L1.
The L1 point is currently housing the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Satellite SOHO from the United State's space organization NASA.
