Aditya-1 Satellite Will Orbit Sun To Study Corona - ISRO
ISRO is preparing to launch 'Aditya-1' satellite in the next 3-4 years. The first ever satellite to the Sun from India was earlier expected to go to the Sun back in 2012-13; but the plan was postponed to 2017-20. The new launch schedule will allow ISRO engineers and scientists to study the solar maxima - an event of intense activity on the Sun that repeats every 11 years. ISRO has also updated the plan to put the satellite in an orbit which would allow for continuous observation of the Sun.
The 200-kg satellite would be put in a halo orbit around the L1 Lagrangian point of the Earth-Sun system. This would get rid of any eclipses so that the observation time is lengthier. ISRO has done studies to conclude that the PSLV-XL launcher would have enough might to take the satellite to its final destination.
Aditya-1 will be India's first space based solar coronagraph. The primary objective of the satellite will be to help understand the physical process that heats the solar corona, accelerates the solar winds and produces the Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). The government had initially approved a total of Rs. 127.75 crores.
ISRO has short listed the following instrumentation for the project: a visible emission line coronagraph (VELC), Solar ultraviolet imaging telescope, plasma analyser package, Aditya solar wind experiment, Solar low energy x-ray spectrometer and high energy X-ray Spectrometer.
ISRO's been on the mission to conquer the planets and the stars in our galaxy. ISRO got everyone's attention after success of its Mars Orbiter mission and is already in talks with ISS authorities for inclusion in the International Space Station program. We'll keep you posted about all the latest developments on Aditya-1 mission.
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The 200-kg satellite would be put in a halo orbit around the L1 Lagrangian point of the Earth-Sun system. This would get rid of any eclipses so that the observation time is lengthier. ISRO has done studies to conclude that the PSLV-XL launcher would have enough might to take the satellite to its final destination.
Aditya-1 will be India's first space based solar coronagraph. The primary objective of the satellite will be to help understand the physical process that heats the solar corona, accelerates the solar winds and produces the Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). The government had initially approved a total of Rs. 127.75 crores.
ISRO has short listed the following instrumentation for the project: a visible emission line coronagraph (VELC), Solar ultraviolet imaging telescope, plasma analyser package, Aditya solar wind experiment, Solar low energy x-ray spectrometer and high energy X-ray Spectrometer.
ISRO's been on the mission to conquer the planets and the stars in our galaxy. ISRO got everyone's attention after success of its Mars Orbiter mission and is already in talks with ISS authorities for inclusion in the International Space Station program. We'll keep you posted about all the latest developments on Aditya-1 mission.
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