'We Are Looking Into The Sun In Continuous Manner': ISRO Chief Says Aditya-L1 Mission Sends Continuous Data

‘we are looking into the sun in continuous manner’: isro chief says aditya-l1 mission sends continuous data

New Delhi: The Aditya L1 solar mission is continuously sending data about the Sun since its launch in September last year, ISRO chief S Somanath told reporters on Sunday

“We are looking into the sun in a continuous manner – UV magnetic charges observation, corona graph observation, X-ray observation and other things,” he said.

The Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India’s first solar mission craft, was launched on September 2, 2023.

“The observation of this satellite, which will be operational for five years, will be analysed as a long-term measure. It is not like your instant news that something has been reported about the sun today, something else will happen tomorrow, things will happen every day,” he explained.

The results of all the observations that happen now will be known later, he said.

“Eclipse happens as the sun is blocked by the moon. It is not like that anything happens within the sun during an eclipse. But obviously, our mission is also collecting data about the sun before, during, and after an eclipse,” Somanath said while answering a question on whether the mission will throw light on the solar eclipse.

NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) Satellite

He said ISRO is working with other space agencies, including NASA, for future missions. The two space agencies are building a satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) observatory, that will map the entire globe in 12 days and provide spatially and temporally consistent data for understanding changes in Earth’s ecosystems.

The project will give insight into ice mass, vegetation biomass, sea level rise, ground water and natural hazards including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes and landslides. NISAR. It carries L and S dual band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), which operates with Sweep SAR technique to achieve large swath with high resolution data.