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PAYLOADS OF ADITYA L1
Aditya–L1 a coronagraphy spacecraft to study the solar atmosphere. It will be orbiting at about 1.5 million km from Earth in a halo orbit around the L1 Lagrange point between the Earth and the Sun where it will study the solar atmosphere, solar magnetic storms, and their impact on the environment around the Earth
LAUNCH: Aditya-L1 was launched aboard the PSLV C57 at 11:50 IST on 2 September 2023
PAYLOADS
There are seven payloads on-board, with four for remote sensing of the Sun and three for in-situ observation. All the payloads have been indigenously designed by collaboration with laboratories.
|
Type |
Sl. No |
Payload |
Capability |
Laboratories |
| Remote Sensing Payloads | 1 | Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (V ELC) |
Corona Imaging and spectroscopy: Study the corona of the sun and understand the dynamics of coronal mass ejections |
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Ban galore |
| 2 | Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) | Image the solar photosphere and chro mosphere in near UV | Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune | |
| 3 | Solar Low Energy X- ray Spectrometer (So LEXS) | Soft X-ray spectrometer: Study X ray flares from the sub | U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bangalore | |
| 4 | High Energy L1 Orbiting X–ray Spectrometer(HE L1OS) | Hard X-ray spectrometer: Study X ray flares from the sun | U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bangalore | |
| In- situ Paylo ads | 5 | Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) | Solar wind and Particle analyzer: Protons and Heavier ions with directions | Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmed abad |
| 6 | Plasma Analyser Package For Aditya (PAPA) | Solar wind and Particle Analyzer: Electrons an d Heavier Ions with directions | Space Physics Laboratory, Vikra m Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvana nthapuram | |
|
7 |
Advanced Tri- axial High Resolution Digital Ma gnetometers |
