Aditya-L1 will head towards the Sun on 2nd

Delhi: After the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is preparing to study the Sun. For this, Aditya L1 spacecraft will be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota through PSLV XL rocket on Saturday morning at 11.50 am.

Aditya L1 will be the first Indian mission to study the Sun. This spacecraft will reach Lagrange Point-1 (L1) 4 months after launch. There is no effect of eclipse on this point, due to which the Sun can be easily studied from here. The estimated cost of this mission is Rs 378 crore.

In such a situation, if any object is kept at this place then it easily remains stable between the two and less energy is also required. The first Lagrange point is at a distance of 1.5 million kilometers between the Earth and the Sun.

Eclipse ineffective at L1 point, hence being sent here

Aditya spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit between the Sun and the Earth. ISRO says that the satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point can see the Sun continuously without any eclipse. With this, real time solar activities and space weather can also be monitored.

Aditya L1's 7 payloads will understand the Sun

Aditya spacecraft will understand the storms arising on the Sun by staying at L1 i.e. Lagrangian point of Sun-Earth. It will test the orbit around the Lagrangian point, photosphere, chromosphere and the outermost layer of the corona through 7 payloads from different web bands.

The seven payloads of Aditya L1 will provide information to understand coronal heating, coronal mass ejection, characteristics of pre-flare and flare activities, movement of particles and space weather. Aditya L-1 will study the solar corona and its heating mechanism.

7 payloads will go with Aditya L1

The seven payloads that will be sent with the Aditya L1 mission are Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), Solar Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (SUIT), Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX), Plasma Analyzer Package for Aditya (PAPA). , Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer (SoLEXS), High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) and Magnetometer payloads.

The Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) payload will study the dynamics of the solar corona and coronal mass ejections.

The Solar Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) payload will take images of the solar photosphere and chromosphere at near ultraviolet wavelengths and study changes in solar irradiance (the light energy coming from the Sun to Earth).

The Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) and Plasma Analyzer Package for Aditya (PAPA) payloads will study the solar wind and energy particles. This payload will also study the energy distribution of these particles.

The Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer (SoLEXS) and the High Energy L1 Orbiting

The magnetometer payload will study the interplanetary magnetic field at the L1 point.