Today India launched its first solar observatory mission, Aditya L1, a fully indigenous effort with the participation of national institutions.
Sun is the nearest star and therefore can be studied in much more details compared to other stars.
Aditya-L1 will help explain various celestial phenomena taking place in the atmosphere and aid climate change studies.
The spacecraft shall be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, which is about 1.5 million km from the Earth.
A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipses. This will provide a greater advantage of observing the solar activities and its effect on space weather in real time.
The spacecraft carries seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere and the outermost layers of the Sun (the corona) using electromagnetic and particle and magnetic field detectors.
Using the special vantage point L1, four payloads directly view the Sun and the remaining three payloads carry out in-situ studies of particles and fields at the L1 point, thus providing important scientific studies of the propagatory effect of solar dynamics in the interplanetary medium.
This solar mission came days after India became the first country to land a spacecraft close to the lunar south pole on August 23.
But who are behind the consecutive successes? We know the name of the chairman of ISRO, but don't know the names of luminous sari-clad women, such as Ritu Karidhal, Moumita Dutta, Nandini Harinath, Anuradha TK, N Valarmathi, Minal Rohit, Tessy Thomas and others, who in addition to their domestic duties, patiently, yet persistently and resolutely strive for accomplishment of these missions.
I am sure that one day one of these women will grace the post of ISRO Chairman. Today I present this poem in the honor of those respected women:
Rocket Women
They don't wear torn jeans,
nor dance in the street,
But their hearts beat
for a mission that's so sweet...
They don't shed tears
for reservations or women's rights,
But they dream that pierce
through the darkest of nights...
They don't make reels or videos
of frivolous mirth,
Instead, they explore joy
in the world beyond earth...
In traditional attire,
they stand tall and free,
Common Indian women,
yet heroes of the country...
With dedication strong
and hearts full of grace,
They strive for the moon,
stars and cosmic space...
In ISRO, they lead rocket missions
to reach for the sky,
Their spirit unyielding,
as they aim àlways high...
Let us salute and celebrate
these stars of today,
For India's future, who strive
and pave the way...
--Kaushal Kishore
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