Aditya L1 solar mission is India's New Year's gift to humanity. The data gathered by ISRO through Aditya will be used for weather forecasting and satellite launches which will benefit the whole world. India has made it clear that the data will be shared with the world scientific community.
The goal is to study the Sun in detail, using state-of-the-art equipment, in a way that no one has done before. Scientific achievements are numerous.
Understand the Solar System: The Sun is the center of the Solar System. Its characteristics influence all other celestial bodies. Studying the Sun can increase understanding of the dynamics of the Solar System.
Space weather forecasting: Solar phenomena such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections can affect Earth's space environment. It can anticipate and mitigate potential disruptions to communication systems, navigation and power grids.
Advances in Solar Physics: Exploring the intricacies of the Sun's magnetosphere, heating and plasma dynamics will also lead to advances in fundamental physics.
Improve energy research: Sun is a natural fusion reactor. Solar energy is created when hydrogen atoms combine to form helium. Its study will help in the research of fusion energy on Earth.
Improves satellite performance: Solar radiation and solar wind affect the performance of satellites and spacecraft. Better probes will have to be designed to prevent this.
Aditya's Objectives:
Study the surface of the Sun, the atmosphere above the Sun and the various processes there.
Learn about the heat generated in the sun
Study the flares emitted by the Sun.
Understand the materials on the surface of the Sun and how they work and interact.
Learn the various physics aspects of the solar surface.
Learn more about the temperature variation in the sun.
Understand the heat, velocity and density of the Sun's surface.
Determine the magnetic effect of the Sun.
Understand the electromagnetic radiation between the Sun and the Earth and the changes in climate caused by it.
Instruments and their purposes in Aditya
Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC): Study of solar corona.
Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT): Imaging of Sun's photosphere and chromosphere.
Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX): Study of solar wind.
Plasma Analyzer Package for Aditya (PAPA): Study the composition and energy distribution of the solar wind.
Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer (SLEX): Thermal study of the solar corona.
High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer: Study of Energy in the Solar Corona
