ADITYA L1 Flashcards
When was it started?
2nd September
When was the idea came
2008
Mission by ISRO
Launch vehicle
PSLV C57
59th flight
From Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota
Time span stay
16 days in Earth’s orbit
Will execute 5 maneuvers
ADITYA L1 INFO
Aditya means in Sanskrit….sun
L1…refers to LAGRANGE POINT 1
Named after=JOSEPH LOUIS LAGRANGE
L1= location where gravitational forces of two celestial bodies as Sun and Earth are in equilibrium.
SOHO….Solar and hellospheric observatory satellite
Joint venture between NASA AND EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Which number mission is ADITYA L1
will be ISRO’s 2nd space based after ASTROSAT…launched in 2015
Which orbit will it be placed?
Halo orbit around Lagrangian point1
1.5 million km from Earth
How many payloads does it contain
Will contain…7 unique payloads
5 by ISRO
2 by ISRO and INDIAN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
OTHER MISSIONS TO THE SUN
NASA’s PARKER SOLAR PROBE= tracing movement of energy and heat within sun’s cororna and investigating source of acceleration in solar wind
Part of LIVING WITH A STAR…2018 launched
HELIOS 2 SOLAR PROBE…NASA+space agency WEST GERMANY
approached within 43 million km , 1976
SOLAR ORBITER
Mission between ESA AND NASA
STUDY=heliophysics
ISRO
Founded in- 15th august, 1969 by VIKRAM SARABHAI
UNDER-Dept of Space , HQ..Bengaluru,Karanataka
chairman…S.SOMNATH
MINIS OF SPACE….PM
When did RAKESH SHARMA LANDED ON MOON
1984