New Delhi: Taking a leap forward in space research, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch two back-to-back missions in July – Chandrayaan 3 and Aditya L1.
Chandrayaan 3 is the third moon mission by ISRO, where a spacecraft will be launched into the lunar orbit for space research. Aditya L1 will be India’s first-ever mission to the sun.
Chandrayaan 3 will have a lander and a rover, just like Chandrayaan 2, and the lander will be deployed at a soft site on the moon’s surface and carry out its chemical analysis.
Aditya L1 will be a planned coronagraphy spacecraft to study the solar atmosphere and is a first-of-its-kind mission planned by ISRO, just after Chandrayaan 3 in July.
The aim of the Aditya L1 mission is to insert the spacecraft in the halo orbit around the L1 point between the Earth and the Sun, through which it will be able to study the atmosphere of the Sun and the solar magnetic storms and its impact on the Earth.
According to ISRO reports, the total budget of the Aditya L1 mission is around Rs 378 crore while the budget of the Chandrayaan 3 mission to the moon is around Rs 615 crore.
