ISRO Aditya L1 Mission: India’s first solar mission Aditya L1 successfully entered its final destination orbit on Saturday (January 6). It reached the Halo orbit of ‘Langer’s Point 1 (L1)’ of the Sun-Earth-Moon system.
Aditya L1 has reached its destination after traveling 15 lakh kilometers for 126 days carrying seven payloads with it. It was launched on 2 September. According to ISRO’s claim, the mission will now be able to continuously study the Sun from L1 point without any eclipse and without any interruption.
Its seven payloads are designed to observe the Sun’s photosphere, chromosphere and outermost layer (corona) using electromagnetic, particle and magnetic field detectors. After all, let us know what is the role of European Space Agency (ESA) in Aditya L1 mission.
How is ESA supporting Aditya L1?
Quoting ESA’s official website, HT has reported in one of its reports that the European Space Agency is actively supporting the Aditya-L1 mission in two key areas. This includes providing deep space communication services and validating critical flight dynamics software in collaboration with ISRO.
“We are supporting the Aditya-L1 mission from all three of our 35-metre Deep Space Antennas in Australia, Spain and Argentina,” said Ramesh Chellathurai, ISRO’s ESA service manager and cross-support liaison officer. We are also providing support from our Kourou station in French Guiana and coordinated support from the Gonheili Earth Station in the UK.
ESA emphasizes the importance of communications in space missions. According to ESA, without the support of ground stations it would be impossible to obtain scientific data, ensure the safety of the spacecraft and determine its whereabouts.
ESA is the provider of ground station services
ESA is the primary provider of ground station services for Aditya-L1, committed to supporting the mission through various launch phases, including regular operations for several hours each day over the next two years. The critical launch and initial orbit phase, travel to L1, enabling transmission of commands and Aditya-L1 Involves obtaining scientific data from.
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