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<\/div>\nThe spacecraft will extensively study the solar winds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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As the Chandrayaan-3 rover conducts experiments on the moon, scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have set their eyes on their next target – the Sun.<\/p>\n
The Aditya-L1, India’s first space observatory for solar research, is getting ready for launch at the country’s main spaceport in Sriharikota.<\/p>\n
What will Aditya-L1 do?<\/strong><\/p>\n Aditya-L1 spacecraft is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and study the solar atmosphere<\/p>\n The spacecraft will extensively study the solar winds, which can cause disturbance on Earth and are commonly seen as “auroras”.<\/p>\n In the long term, data from the mission could help better understand the sun’s impact on Earth’s climate patterns.<\/p>\n When will the Aditya-L1 mission launch?<\/strong><\/p>\n The satellite is ready and has already reached Sriharikota, but the final date for the launch of Aditya-L1 will be announced in two days, ISRO chief S Somanath has said.<\/p>\n The event is expected to take place in the first week of September, with the space agency targetting a September 2 launch.<\/p>\n How far will the spacecraft travel?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Aditya-L1 will hitch a ride on India’s heavy-duty launch vehicle, the PSLV, to travel 1.5 million kilometres.<\/p>\n “After the launch, it will take 125 days from the earth to reach Lagrange point 1 (L1). We have to wait till then,” says Mr Somanath.<\/p>\n It will head to a kind of parking lot in space where objects tend to stay put because of balancing gravitational forces, reducing fuel consumption for the spacecraft.<\/p>\n Those positions are called Lagrange Points, named after Italian-French mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange.<\/p>\n How much will the mission cost?<\/strong><\/p>\n ISRO has earned a reputation for world-beating cost competitiveness in space engineering that executives and planners expect will boost its now-privatised space industry.<\/p>\n With the Chandrayaan-3 mission, India became the first country to land near the South Pole of the moon. The mission cost Rs 600 crore, equivalent to the cost of a couple of blockbuster Bollywood movies.<\/p>\n Aditya-L1 has been built at nearly half the cost of Chandrayaan-3. The government sanctioned Rs 378 crore in 2019 for the mission to study the Sun’s atmosphere. The ISRO hasn’t given an official update on costs yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n