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Aditya – L1 Solar Mission : ISRO

Aditya – L1 Solar Mission : ISRO

The Indian Space Research Organization is working on a space project Aditya L1 that will study the sun.

  • Recently, the ISRO chairman announced that the spacecraft is to be launched in June or July this year.
  • The Aditya spacecraft will study solar magnetic storms and the impact of the solar atmosphere on the earth.
  • The spacecraft is to study the following:
    • Solar Winds: These winds are created due to the expansion of the sun’s plasma
    • Photosphere and Chromosphere of the sun
    • Corona of the sun
    • Energetic particles of the sun