Pune-based IUCAA scientists behind Aditya L1's SUIT payload say they're eager for data on UV rays to study sun-climate relationship
Aditya L1, which will be launched by PSLV-C57 rocket on September 2 at 11:50 AM. Aditya L1, the first mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation to study the sun, carries seven payloads, four of which will observe the light from the sun and the remaining three will measure insitu parameters of the plasma and magnetic fields.
Durgesh Tripathi and AN Ramaprakash, who have dedicated the past 10 years to develop the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT), one of the main payloads on the Aditya-L1 mission, told PTI they were «very excited».
«It all started in 2013 after ISRO announced its mission to study the sun.
I then spoke to my colleague A N Ramprakash, who is also a professor at IUCAA. We began working on the project and wrote proposals to numerous colleagues from different institutes, seeking their collaboration,» Tripathi said.
«Our journey to develop SUIT started with building a team of experts.
Along the way, we even recruited students and post-doctoral fellows, provided training to them, and made some hires as per the project's requirements. Now, SUIT is ready and fitted onto Aditya-L1.
We now eagerly await the results,» he added.
The spacecraft will take another four months to reach the sun-earth Lagrangian Point, also known as L1, and data from SUIT will be available from January, he said.
«SUIT will observe ultraviolet rays coming from the sun. These ultraviolet rays originate from the solar atmosphere, mainly from the lower and middle atmosphere of the sun.
