On July 14, 2023, ISRO launched the Chandrayaan 3 mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Under the mission, on August 23 or 24, the lander of Chandrayaan 3 will make a soft landing on the south pole of the moon. After stepping on the moon, ISRO is now moving towards the sun. ISRO may launch the Aditya L1 mission to study the sun at the coming end of August or early September.
You will be surprised to know that Surya is also known as Aditya. For this reason, this mission has been named Aditya L1. Surya got the name Aditya from his mother Aditi. According to mythological beliefs, Surya was the son of sage Kashyapa and Aditi.
ISRO's Aditya L1 mission is going to explore many new possibilities hidden in the Sun after its launch. The Sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old star. Sun situated at the center of our solar system is the head of this solar family. Its gravity has tied all the planets on a circular path. Light from the Sun is very important for life on Earth. Since the beginning of civilization, there has always been curiosity in our minds about the Sun. Seeing this ball blazing in the sky, the question often comes to our mind where does such immense energy come from inside it?
You will be surprised to know that the Sun itself is the source of its energy. The process of nuclear fusion goes on inside the Sun. This condition is born in the excessive gravitational effect inside the Sun.
Many space missions were launched by NASA to solve the mysteries hidden within the Sun. Prominent among these are SOHO and Parker Solar Probe. These missions of NASA worked to bring many new facts related to the Sun in front of us. Despite this, many new possibilities hidden in the Sun are yet to be discovered. In this connection, ISRO is ready to achieve success on the Sun under its Aditya L1 mission. ISRO will observe the solar corona under this mission.
The Sun changes its magnetic field every 11 years. This is called the solar cycle. During this period of the solar cycle, large dark spots form on the Sun. That period is known as the Solar Maximum.
Due to the formation of dark spots during periods of solar maximum, there are large amounts of solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and leakage of energy from the Sun into space. ISRO chairman S. Somnath has given information about this that a detailed study will be done about this coronal ejection from the Sun under Aditya Mission. In such a situation, it will be helpful to find out in advance about the activities happening on the Sun.
Aditya L1 mission will be launched by LMV M-3 rocket. Under this mission, Aditya L1 will be sent to the Holo Orbit near Lagrange Point 1 L1, 1.5 million kilometers away. Aditya L1 has been fitted with a variety of luxurious equipment. These include VELC, SUIT, ASPEX, PAPA, SOLEX, HEL10S and Magnetometer.
The work of these instruments will be to analyze the energetic particles coming from the Sun toward the Earth. Through this analysis, ISRO's Aditya mission will find out how these particles get trapped in the Earth's magnetic field. Mission Aditya L1 will be imaging the Sun all the time. Apart from this, he will also study the Sun's photosphere, and chromosphere.
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