Post the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-3 on July 14, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up for its first mission to the Sun, the Aditya-L1.
The spacecraft will carry seven payloads to observe the Photosphere, Chromosphere and the outermost layers of the sun, according to ISRO. It shall be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system. Four payloads will directly view the sun and three payloads will study the particles and fields at L1.
They will hint further into the solar dynamics in space. The mission is also expected to help in understanding the causative factors for space weather, and identify the processes occurring at the multiple layers of the sun. The total time to travel from the launch to reach the L1 will be about four months.
Among its other upcoming missions, the Indian space agency is also scheduled to launch the PSLV-C56 on July 30, 2023 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C56) will carry the DS-SAR and six other satellites into a Near-equatorial Orbit (NEO).
Furthermore, the Chandrayaan-3 successfully completed the fourth orbit raising manoeuvre on July 20 and is expected to land on the lunar surface on August 23.
Report by Saumya
Graphics by Nayonika
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