Aditya L1 Mission

Question 1

Introduction

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Launched in Sept, 2023, positioned at a distance of 1.5 million km from earth, Aditya L1 is first space based Indian mission to study the Sun

Question 2

Diagram for L1

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Question 3

Diagram of payloads

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Question 4

How many payloads

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7

Question 5

Which payload measure magnetic field at L1 point (Lagrange)

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MAG

Question 6

Which payload studying solar winds and solar particle ions

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PAPA

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Payload imaging solar photosphere and chromosphere

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SUIT (Solar UV Imaging Telescope)

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What is Full form of VELC

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Visible Emission Line Corona

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Role of VELC payload

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Visible Emission Line Corona - study sun’s corona and coronal mass ejections

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Which payload studying X-Ray flares

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SoLEXS (Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer)

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Main functions of all payloads in simple terms

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study x-ray flares + magnetic field + coronal mass ejection + UV Imaging

Solar particle ions - PAPA
Solar Wind - ASPEX
Coronal Mass ejection - VELC
L1-Magnetic fields - MAG

X-Ray Flares - SoLEX
UV-Imaging - SUIT

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Role of ASPEX

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Solar wind

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Why study magnetic fields at L1

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To under near earth space weather and its impact on satellite

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Secondary pros of this mission

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Demonstrate India tech prowess- ability to handle big data
International collaboration

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Full form HEL1OS payload

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High Energy- L1 Orbiting Spectrometer

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Trick for payloads

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PAPA se SUIT MAG kar HELIcopter mei SoLex karne gye to usne VELCrow ASPEX (expect) kar liya

PAPA, SUIT, MAG, HEL1OS, SoLEX, VELC, ASPEX