Aditya L1 Launch Highlights: India’s First Solar Mission Launch Successful Updates

Aditya L1 Solar Mission: Key Details

Indian Space Research Organization has effectively launched the soulful Solar Mission termed as Aditya L1. This mission has been carved to be a historic event after the tremendous success of the Chandrayaan-3 lunar expedition. Aditya L1 is highly hopeful to make India and the whole globe proud again by eminently completing the research. This first space-based mission to research on Sun has been lifted off from the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket from Andhra Pradesh, Satish Dhawan Space Centre on 2 September 2023.

As per the deep insights of Indian Space Research Organization, the whole journey initiated from the launching to reaching the L1 will take approximately four months to complete. Here, we will give you all the necessary details regarding Aditya L1 Solar Mission in this post. It is necessary for students to understand the critical notions related to this mission as it is going to grasp a good space over every competitive exams.

Aditya L1 Mission 2023 Launch Date

• Aditya L1 has successfully launched by ISRO on 2 September 2023 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
• The following spacecraft was weighing 1,472 kg and it was carried out into the space through Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, which is famed top be ISRO’s topmost versatile and dynamic workhorse rocket.
• ISRO claimed that Aditya L1 is the foremost space-based mission to implement research on the Sun.
• The spacecraft will be travelling for around 1.5 million k.m. from the Earth for 125 days and is anticipated to be dart in a Halo Orbit over the Lagrangian point L1. This point is known to be the closest one from the Sun.
• Aditya L1 will be capturing pictures of the Sun and will send it to the research Centre for scientific observations.

ISRO Aditya L1 Mission Budget

The wondrous step of ISRO has already flared its excellence through the successful mission of Chandrayaan-3. Now, Aditya L1 for is up for Solar mission where it will grasp details about the sun. The whole world is eager to know the overall budget of the mission as the Chandrayaan-3  was costing for Rs 600 Crore only. Although, the total budget of Aditya L1 has not been confirmed by ISRO. However, as per several sources it has been estimated that a total cost of Rs. 3.78 billion has been spent on this mission. The following budget includes development cost, research, testing phases, high-end equipment and investigations.

Aditya L1 Payload Details

There are many world-class mechanisms implemented to Aditya L1. There are many efficient instruments specially designed to observe and sense the solar atmosphere. Mainly the gadgets will be able to understand the level of Corona and Chromosphere of the Sun. Aditya L1 is consist of seven payloads and out of them four are equipped for remote sensing and three for in-situ observation of the Sun. The Payloads has been equipped in a streamlined manner. We are enlisting the names of these Payloads in this section.

• Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC)
• Solar Low energy X-ray Spectrometer (SoLEXS)
• Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT)
• High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS)
• Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX)
• Plasma Analyser Package For Aditya (PAPA).

Aditya L1 Launch Vehicle

Aditya L1 has been launched off by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle which is known to be highly impactful and majestic space rocket. Aditya L1 mission is considered to be one of the longest missions which includes ISRO’s workhouse launch vehicle. The following spacecraft will be within the earth-bound orbits for around 16 days and during this procedure it will go through five manoeuvres to grasp required velocity for the whole journey. On 5 September 2023 it has effectively completed its second manoeuvre. No matter what, India has drafted its brilliance with each of its dynamic verse of Science and this time also Aditya L1 will carve a proud moment for us.