After Success Of Chandrayaan-3 ISRO's Next Mission Is To Sun

After Success Of Chandrayaan-3 India's Next Cosmic Quest Is The Sun

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ISRO has announced that its first solar mission Aditya-L1

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It will be launched on September 2 at 11:50 am from Sriharikota Space Centre

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Aditya-L1 spacecraft will be launched using PSLV-C57 rocket

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It will observe the solar corona from remote location at Sun-Earth Lagrange Point L1

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Lagrange point L1 is about 1.5 million kilometres from Earth

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Lagrange Points are points in space where the gravitational forces of two large bodies balance out

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That can be used by a spacecraft to reduce fuel consumption

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It has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipse

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Aditya-L1 mission is designed to study the Sun's upper atmosphere

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Aimed at studying physics of partially ionized plasma in solar atmosphere

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