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Aditya L1, after Moon India's all set for the Sun

After the successful launch of chandrayan-2 ISRO is planning to cement its another pillar in the area of Aerospace. India is setting its foot on the Moon, then why leave the Life-giver, the Sun unexplored.
Yes, you heard it right India is planning a new mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft named, "Aditya-L1" (Aditya means the Sun)  has been chosen for this purpose.




The mission will probably be started by the end of 2020.

Things you must know about Aditya L1.

  • It was originally named Aditya-1, which was made to carry just one payload, VELC(Visible Emision Line Coronogaph).
  • Aditya-1 was a 400 kg satellite scheduled to be launched at 800 km from earth surface in low earth orbit.

  • Later it was realized that if it is launched at "Lagarangian point", it will be fee from any hinderance e.g. eclipse.
  • Then the mission name was named Aditya L1 mission. [Lagarangian point is a point between earth and sun where the satellite will lie stably relative to the Sun and the Earth at that point under their gravitational force.]
  • The enhanced Aditya L1 will carry 6 payloads to study Sun's corona, photosphere, chromosphere and other phenomena.
  • It will be India's first solar mission.
  • The mission has been approved and will be launched by PSLV-XL from Sriharikota.
The data obtained from the mission will be helpful in finding the actual origin of solar storm, the path they take and the way they move.

Long live India, Long live ISRO.

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