Aditya L1 Mission 2023: After the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission into the moon’s orbit, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 2 September 2023, successfully launched India’s first solar observatory Aditya L-1 mission with the help of PSLV C-7 rocket from the Sriharikota Space Centre setting off a 125- day journey to study the sun.
Aditya L-1 will stay in the earth’s orbit for 16 days during which it will undergo five maneuvers to gain energy required to complete its journey towards the sun. Aditya L1 will reach the trans-Lagrange 1 point in 4 months, where unique gravitational work between the earth and the sun are at work. The primary objective of the mission is to conduct comprehensive studies of the solar winds and the sun’s atmosphere.
Aditya L1 Mission 2023: About the mission
- The satellite carries seven different payloads whose task is to observe different parts of the sun including the photosphere , chromosphere.
- The satellite will spend its whole mission life orbiting around L1 in an irregularly shaped orbit in a plane roughly perpendicular to the line joining the Earth and the Sun.
- The mission aims to increase our understanding of many solar phenomena such as coronal heating, coronal mass ejections (CME’s) pre-flare and flare activities as well as solar weather dynamics.
About Indian Space Research Organisation
- It is the national space agency of India. It launches its space rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
- It was established on 15 August 1969.
Headquarter – Bengaluru
Chairman – S. Somnath
- Notably, the ISRO rocket achieved a remarkable feet by deploying 104 satellites into orbit in a single flight.