The Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO is all set to launch India's first Sun mission Aditya-L1 on September 2 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. "The launch of Aditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is scheduled for September 2, 2023, at 11:50 Hrs. IST from Sriharikota," said ISRO.
ISRO has invited citizens "to witness the launch from the Launch View Gallery at Sriharikota". The space agency also provided a registration link, which one can find in the tweet below. The registration will be enabled tentatively from August 29, starting 12 p.m.
If you are interested in watching the launch of the Aditya-L1 mission, Here's how you can register to visit the launch pad in Sriharikota. The registrations for visitors for the event will begin at 12 noon on August 29.
Steps To Register:
Visit the ISRO website at lvg.shar.gov.in
Click on the register button and provide the required information.
You will receive the required details on your email address.
In addition to the Launch View Gallery, visitors will also have access to the Space Museum which shows the history of the Indian space programme and the organisation’s future ambitions.
Note: The nearest railway station is Sullurpeta, which is 18 kms away from Sriharikota.
More About Aditya-L1 Mission:
Aditya L1 will be the first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun. As per the ISRO, the spacecraft shall be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from the Earth. It is designed to provide remote observations of the solar corona and in-situ observations of the solar wind at L1.
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Major Aims Of Aditya-L1:
Study of Solar upper atmospheric (chromosphere and corona) dynamics.
-Study of chromospheric and coronal heating, physics of the partially ionized plasma, initiation of the coronal mass ejections, and flares
-Observe the in-situ particle and plasma environment providing data for the study of particle dynamics from the Sun.
-Physics of solar corona and its heating mechanism.
-Diagnostics of the coronal and coronal loops plasma: Temperature, velocity and density.
-Development, dynamics and origin of CMEs.
-Identify the sequence of processes that occur at multiple layers (chromosphere, base and extended corona) which eventually leads to solar eruptive events.
-Magnetic field topology and magnetic field measurements in the solar corona.Drivers for space weather (origin, composition and dynamics of solar wind.