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Aditya L1 Successfully Launched – Another Proud Moment For India
India's first solar mission to study the dynamics of the Sun, Aditya L1 successfully lifted off from Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 11:50am. According to ISRO, the Aditya L1 mission is the country's first space-based observatory-class solar mission to study our Sun.
After the launch, the Aditya L1 will orbit the Earth for 16 days. During this time, the probe will undergo 5 manoeuvres to gain the necessary momentum for its journey. Moreover, it is said to take 125 days to reach the destination.
The Aditya L1 has been lifted off using the reliable PSLV and it proves to be the backbone of Indian space exploratory missions. Furthermore, the objective of the Aditya L1 includes the study of solar wind acceleration, coronal heating, temperature anisotropy, and dynamics of the solar atmosphere.
Also, the probe is packed with seven scientific instruments for this. This includes Corona/Imaging Spectroscopy, Photosphere and Chromosphere Imaging - Narrow & Broadband, Soft X-ray spectrometer, Hard X-ray spectrometer, and two types of Particle Analyser (Protons & Electrons).
That being said, the term 'Aditya' means Sun in Sanskrit and L1 stands for 'Lagrangian Point-1'. The latter is a destination point in space that is approximately 1.5 million kilometres away from the Earth.
Though this distance may seem very far from the Earth and close to the Sun, in reality, this point in space is said to be just 1 per cent of the distance between the Sun and the Earth. Moreover, reaching this destination is very crucial for the completion of this mission.
This is because the gravitational pull from the Earth and the Sun are in equilibrium with each other. As such, an object placed in this point (L1) will neither gravitate towards the Earth nor towards the Sun - Maintaining a stable position in space.
Thoughts: Due to Earth's magnetic field some of the radiation from the Sun gets corrupted. As such, the Aditya L1 mission will provide a platform to study the Sun away from the interference of the Earth.
This knowledge gained will be crucial for India to perform future space missions, and the data collected could be used for various applications as well. This will give India a distinct edge over other nations as well.
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