Space
ISRO launch Aditya-L1
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched AdityaL1 on September 2.
About Aditya-L1
- India’s first space-based observatory to study the sun.
- The spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the sun earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from the earth.
- Project Director: Nigar Shaji (native of Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu)
- 7 Payloads: The spacecraft carries seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere and the outermost layers of the sun. They are
- Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC)
- Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT)
- Solar Low Energy Xray Spectrometer (SoLEXS)
- High Energy L1 Orbiting Xray Spectrometer (HEL1OS)
- Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX)
- Plasma Analyser Package For Aditya (PAPA)
- Advanced Triaxial High Resolution Digital Magnetometers.
Advantages of L1 point
- Continuously viewing the sun without any occultation/eclipses.
- Help in observing the solar activities and its effect on space weather in real time.
