Aditya-L1 will launch from Sriharikota’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 11:50 a.m. with scientific equipment to observe the Sun’s upper layers.A week after its successful Chandrayaan-3 Moon landing, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will attempt a new milestone on Saturday, September 2, with the launch of the Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun.Aditya-L1 is a satellite devoted to the in-depth study of the Sun; Aditya is Sanskrit for “the Sun.” It contains seven different payloads that were all created locally. Two by Indian academic institutions working with the ISRO and five by the ISRO.
No. Aditya-L1 won’t touch down on the Sun or get any closer to it. Aditya-L1 will continue to orbit the Earth at a distance of 1.5 million kilometres (1%) of the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Aditya-L1 would investigate the Sun’s outer atmosphere because the Sun is a massive sphere of gas.The Lagrangian point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is around 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, will be the location of the Aditya L1 spacecraft, which will be deployed in a halo orbit there.Lagrange Point 1 of the Sun-Earth system is referred to as L1 here. The gravitational forces of two celestial bodies, such as the Sun and Earth, are in balance at L1, according to conventional thought.
The main benefit of having a satellite in the halo orbit around the L1 point is that it may continuously see the Sun without experiencing any occultation or eclipse. The benefit of continuously studying solar activity will increase as a result. The spacecraft is equipped with seven payloads that use particle and electromagnetic detectors to study the photosphere, chromosphere, and the Sun’s outermost layers (the corona). Four payloads use the unique vantage position of L1 to observe the Sun directly, while the remaining three payloads do in-depth research on particles and fields there.
In order to comprehend issues with coronal heating, Coronal Mass Ejection, pre-flare and flare activities, and their characteristics, dynamics of space weather, study of the propagation of particles, and fields in the interplanetary medium, etc., the Aditya L1 payloads are expected to provide the most important information.The ISRO claims that different spacecraft and communication systems are susceptible to disruptions, therefore early warning of such events is crucial for taking preventative action. In addition to these risks, an astronaut would be in danger if they were exposed directly to such explosive events. On the Sun, there are several severe thermal and magnetic phenomena. As a result, the Sun offers a useful natural laboratory for understanding processes that cannot be directly researched.