Aditya-L1 Continuously Transmitting Data About Sun: ISRO chief S Somnath

Kolkata: Aditya-L1 solar mission is continuing successfully and data about the sun is being continuously received from it, said ISRO chief S Somnath on Sunday while speaking to reporters in Kolkata.

The ISRO chief said several instruments of the Aditya L1 are working continuously to send data on about the sun in a continuous manner like – UV magnetic charges observation, corona graph observation, X-ray observation and other things.

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

“As we are keeping this satellite for five years, the observation 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 said.

All observations will happen now but the results will be known later, he added.

Speaking about collaborations with other space agencies, he said ISRO is building a joint satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar).