India Prepares To Explore The Sun After The Success Of The Chandrayan-3 Mission On The Moon

JAKARTA - After success by landing Chandrayaan-3 at the south pole of the moon, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will soon continue its next mission to study the Sun.

ISRO will launch India's first space observatory for solar energy research, Aditya-L1, which is currently preparing to launch at India's Sriharikota main spaceport.

"We plan to launch it in the first week of October," said ISRO Chairman S Somanath.

Aditya-L1 is designed to study the solar wind that can cause disturbances on Earth, referred to as aurora.

In the long term, data from the mission can help better understand the solar impact on Earth's climate patterns.

The observatory will launch in India's launch vehicle, PSLV, which covers a distance of 1.5 million km in about four months.

Then, Aditya-L1 will go to Lagrange Points, a space park where objects tend to remain in place due to the gravitational force balance, which aims to reduce fuel consumption for spacecraft.

Apart from Aditya-L1, Somanath also explained, ISRO will continue its Chandrayaan-4, 5, and 6 missions which are not yet known for sure when the time will come, as quoted by Reuters and Indian Express, Monday, August 28.

India managed to land Chandrayaan-3 at the south pole of the moon to explore the ice-covered area.

The historic event allowed India to beat Russia, which also flew the Luna-25 to the same place, but failed because their spacecraft did not land smoothly.