@£e@% ADITYA-L1 MISSION The first Indian space-based observatory-class solar mission to unlock the mysteries of the Sun a Distance Pa 1.5 million kilometres Cre N a= Ue ele tT Es LeU Ua ele) Spacecraft vi Space-based, observatory-class solar probea cee Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory-class Indian solar mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft is planned to be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrangian point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from the Earth. A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any Cle Me. SUR ee eRe cla C led Coreen URC eeriUL eer a SUC ML eee yer eae ACR ULTe photosphere, chromosphere, and the outermost layers of the Sun (the corona) using electromagnetic and particle detectors. UES UTS toe TILe( (ML) nT me) COLT CN COROT Ko view the Sun and the remaining three payloads will carry out STURT mela reer Te Cota Ure cle Ueen ee Le BUEN OCU oon aus crucial information to understand the problems of coronal heating, (CIEE Rona ae cern Lea T R UTS CUP EO Cae TE UCRES LRU mela Uy er Lela Lema Ren ES Cm tel La eaeThe Spacecraft Le Rd Stowed View®ADITYA-L1 Lagrange Points: For a two-body gravitational system, the Lagrang positions in space where a small object tends to 5 SU Com NTs To MNS Ceca Cae Mee ee A CULT] and Earth can be used by the spacecraft to remain at Pe MM UMS R Cem Se LLL AoE MEL CMM een on a Te) Peer ne ese pec ae nee ae (Ui hr Bure) om OMAN RUM mes mee NC ei )| ES CR UTR CLE MIME TeL Ue ue Nec nOl eck (i PO ee MT ST COLES UTeCMTe)| Cet ‘Sun-Earth line. The distance of L1 from Earth is approximately ALA TMC RST cLTae Oe estan =o ue em eed anda Shc® ADITYA-LI Trajectory to L1 AUP Nm MUST RS MMU tOM ya O ea) Ale (baele 10 Co) Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR (SDSC-SHAR), Sriharikota. Initially, the spacecraft will be placed in a Low Earth Orbit. Subsequently, Ue Te Meal TSC eR ME im ules recede aT launched towards the Lagrange point (L1) by using onboard propulsion. PR rs Neer Mtr en Me MT Riad ical Tic n | ‘Sphere of Influence (SOI). After exit from SOI, the cruise phase will BSCR Test meer ele Maia) ore CoO MEN a lo} NU AM CCRC RC MMO eRe Lcca elt] 4 CTU C10 Cb MC) Con OLE NS LO Com MLSS (SOL Sy shown in the figure below. Halo orbit insertion in L1 ECCS MRE LOReie around L1 pointADITYA-L1 Major Science Objectives Peeler ite Une e-em cf acceleration ———--- Coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere eae UTE temperature anisotropy Teed Aol ConA esos te Con (OLS) eco Ee RUS le cr Uniqueness of Aditya-L1 Same GUUS ltr Naess A) cL = Sem UL | 2» Smelt ae Uilresneeesee ON eRe Um 4 Fg wee (~from 1.05 solar radius) thereby providing +--@ information in the acceleration regime of CME, which is not observed consistently * Onboard intelligence to detect CMEs and solar HEM OMe LUMI MeL SeUn reL COSMIC er (tee) UT + Directional and energy anisotropy of solarwindusing =, Cele sae)Carries seven scientific payloads for systematic study of loads are indigenously developed in collaboration with developed by Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru in Bo eee Een US Les ne 7 ie BT Ultra-violet CTT TU Bie s aM eC Uo Lp Sos iT MOTs CMMs TRO iterate (la (Ol OIE R s Ui FONE R UO ELEC EIR CHES CaO cert ‘is developed by Inter University Centre for Astronomy and gs Ns ee LR aes Ree Lee TL USO ———————_ | ne eee Rare aM CuM nary aa OTT Ss) eC Ce MCT Se OSU) UD GN lares from the Sun over a wide X-ray energy range. Both these payloads are developed at U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru. TDR: aa OCU a CSC PE oe eT as or payloads Era gned to Sy the cs eee Pear ee eee ne ieee en SE Fle EU) ie PE Ena TOME CME ee Aue MCU CaCI at the L1 point. The payload is developed at\\ \ VELC - Payload ; : : wrapredit VELC is the prime payload onboard Aditya-L1, designed multi-layer as a reflective coronagraph with a multi-slit spectrograph. SUIT is a UV telescope to image the solar disk in the SUIT near ultra-violet wavelength range. Y Payloadar ~S HEL10S ), Payload tudy solar flares inASPEX The ASPEX payload comprises 2 Payload — subsystems: SWIS and STEPS ‘SWIS (Solar Wind lon Spectrometer) is a low-energy spectrometer that is designed to measure the proton and alpha particles of the solar wind. STEPS (Suprathermal and Energetic Particle Spectrometer) is a high-energy spectrometer that is designed to measure high-energy ions of the solar wind. PAPA Payload Px, 7 mw PAPA is designed to i Tee Rete TM ETM tease} and, do mass analysis PETE Ia en ahsADITYA-L1 Payloads On The Spacecraft The location of all seven payloads—VELC, SUIT, SoLEXS, HELIOS, ASPEX, ECE RSI UMN USLS tLd 13 (eh Su aa = ONS B : Vet cae yA f rant DN Baal ayo MAGNETOMETER i ul (STOWED) 7 R, P.and Y indicate the Raw, Pitch, and Roll axis of the spacecraft.etry Det Ce ec iey® ADITYA-L1 To be launched by eee 4m Pe Indian Space Research Organisation Peek cme tat Antariksh Bhavan, New BEL Road, Bengaluru-560094, India