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Aditya-L1 to be live-streamed at Hyderabad's B M Birla Planetarium

It will carry seven different payloads to have a detailed study of the sun, four of which will observe the light from the sun and the other three will measure in-situ parameter

Aditya L1 will study solar quakes as they affect geomagnetic field: IIA

Ahead of India's Aditya-L1 solar mission, a top scientist said the monitoring of the Sun on a 24-hour basis is a must to study solar quakes which can alter the geomagnetic fields of earth. The Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun is slated to be launched at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport on Saturday. Explaining the need to study the Sun, Professor and In-Charge Scientist at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Dr R Ramesh told PTI that just as there are earthquakes on Earth, there are something called solar quakes - called as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) - on the surface of the Sun. In this process, millions and millions of tons of solar materials are thrown into the interplanetary space, he said, adding these CMEs can travel at a speed of approximately 3,000 km per second. "Some of the CMEs can also be directed towards the Earth. The fastest CME can reach near Earth space in approximately 15 hours," Dr Ramesh pointed out. On why this mission was different from othe

Solar mission countdown to start on Friday, says ISRO chief Somanath

ISRO Chairman S Somanath on Thursday said the space agency was getting ready for the September 2 launch of the country's ambitious solar mission, Aditya-L1 and that the countdown for its launch will start tomorrow. The mission is scheduled to be launched on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed for providing remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the earth. It will be the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun to be launched by the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency. "We are just getting ready for the launch. The rocket and satellite are ready. We completed the rehearsal for the launch. So tomorrow we have to start the countdown for the day after tomorrow launch," Somanath told reporters here. "After launch we will see further," he added. Aditya-L1 is a fully ...

TMS Ep510: Gati Shakti, foreign investment, SpiceJet's stock, Aditya L-1

How has Gati Shakti changed India's infra push? Is declining foreign investment a cause for worry? Will SpiceJet's stock rally make an emergency landing? What is Aditya L-1 mission? All answers here

Isro completes launch rehearsal of Aditya-L1 solar mission, launch on Sep 2

Giving an update on its Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun, ISRO said on Wednesday the launch rehearsal and the rocket's internal checks have been completed. The mission is scheduled to be launched on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport. Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed for providing remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observations of the solar wind at L1 (Sun-Earth Lagrangian point), which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the earth. It will be the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun to be launched by the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency. The spacecraft -- the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun -- would be launched by PSLV-C57 rocket. "The preparations for the launch are progressing", ISRO said in a social media post today. "The Launch Rehearsal - Vehicle Internal Checks are completed". The Aditya-L1 mission, aimed at studying the Sun from an orbit around the L1, would carry seven payloads

Designed Aditya-L1 to study solar corona: Indian Institute of Astrophysics

The Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) on Tuesday said it has designed, assembled, and tested the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), one of the seven payloads of India's first dedicated scientific mission Aditya-L1 conceived to study the sun. The ISRO is set to launch Aditya-L1 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on September 2. The IIA said the VELC was developed in close collaboration with the ISRO. "IIA had to build India's first large sized 'Class to Clean Rooms' at (sic) its CREST campus in Hosakote to assemble VELC," IIA said in a statement. The satellite carries six other payloads Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT), Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX), Plasma Analyser Package for Aditya (PAPA), SoLEXS-Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer (SoLEXS), High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer HEL1OS, and Magnetometer with enhanced science scope and objectives possible by extensive remote and in-situ observation of the Sun. "Earlier, this mission was

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All you need to know about Aditya L-1, Isro's mission to study the Sun

Isro's head S Somanath said that the Aditya-L1 mission, which is all about studying the Sun, is all set to begin its voyage next on September 2

Solar mission Aditya-L1 to be launched on Sept 2 from Sriharikota: Isro

Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and in-situ observations of the solar wind at L1, which is about 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth

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Aditya-L1 mission to be launched in 1st of week Sept: Isro chief S Somanath

Isro chief said that the country's maiden solar mission Aditya-L1 is ready and will be launched in the first week of September

Aditya-L1 mission: After conquering the moon, Isro its sets eyes on the sun

According to the Isro director, the Aditya-L1 mission is ready and waiting. India's next remarkable space mission is scheduled to take off in early September 2023

India, US solar case: WTO appellate body's ruling in mid-Sept

In April, India had appealed against WTO ruling that the country's PPAs with solar firms are inconsistent with global norms