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ISRO said the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) on board the Aditya-L1 has successfully captured the first full-disk images of the Sun in ultraviolet range.
After the success of Chandrayaan-3, India continued its space journey with its first solar mission. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, at 11:50 am on September 2, 2023. The mission aims to study the Sun from a vantage point at the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1), approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth. The L1 position allows continuous observation of the Sun without eclipses. The spacecraft is equipped with seven payloads and it will send data to Earth with Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) being the most significant payload. It is aimed to capture around 1,440 solar images daily for analysis. Another significant payload among the seven is the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) for Photosphere and Chromosphere imaging (narrow & broadband). Aditya-L1 will stay in Earth-bound orbits for 16 days, during which it will undergo five maneuvers to gain the nece
During its first observation period from approximately 12:00 to 22:00 UT on October 29, 2023, the High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) on board Aditya-L1 has recorded the impulsive phase of solar flares, ISRO said in a post on X. "The recorded data is consistent with the X-ray light curves provided by NOAA s GOES," ISRO added.