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Probing the Heliosphere Using in Situ Payloads On-Board Aditya-L1


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1 Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
2 Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pashan, Pune 411 008, India
3 Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695 022, India
4 Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 058, India
 

Aditya-L1, the first ever Indian scientific space mission dedicated to probe the Sun, our nearest star, is slated for launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) most likely in 2020, the year coinciding with the expected start of the rising phase of solar cycle 25. Of the seven science payloads on-board Aditya-L1, three are in situ instruments, namely the Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment, the Plasma Analyser Package for Aditya and a magnetometer package. These three payloads will sample heliospheric data from the L1 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Earth system, at a distance of ~1% of the distance to the Sun, along the Sun-Earth line. This is therefore a unique opportunity for the solar physics community to gain a better understanding of the inner heliosphere and predict space weather more accurately.

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Aditya-L1, Heliosphere, Payload, Solar Wind Plasma.
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Authors

P. Janardhan
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
Santosh Vadawale
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
Bhas Bapat
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pashan, Pune 411 008, India
K. P. Subramanian
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
D. Chakrabarty
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
Prashant Kumar
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
Aveek Sarkar
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
Nandita Srivastava
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
R. Satheesh Thampi
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695 022, India
Vipin K. Yadav
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695 022, India
M. B. Dhanya
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695 022, India
Govind G. Nampoothiri
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695 022, India
J. K. Abhishek
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram 695 022, India
Anil Bhardwaj
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad 380 009, India
K. Subhalakshmi
Laboratory for Electro-Optics Systems, ISRO, Bengaluru 560 058, India

Abstract


Aditya-L1, the first ever Indian scientific space mission dedicated to probe the Sun, our nearest star, is slated for launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) most likely in 2020, the year coinciding with the expected start of the rising phase of solar cycle 25. Of the seven science payloads on-board Aditya-L1, three are in situ instruments, namely the Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment, the Plasma Analyser Package for Aditya and a magnetometer package. These three payloads will sample heliospheric data from the L1 Lagrangian point of the Sun-Earth system, at a distance of ~1% of the distance to the Sun, along the Sun-Earth line. This is therefore a unique opportunity for the solar physics community to gain a better understanding of the inner heliosphere and predict space weather more accurately.

Keywords


Aditya-L1, Heliosphere, Payload, Solar Wind Plasma.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv113%2Fi04%2F620-624