Udaipur’s ASPEX payload onboard Aditya L-1 will study Solar Winds

Udaipur: Udaipur, which is always considered among the top travel and wedding destinations, is now ready to write new script of success in space segment too. The scientists from Udaipur have extended their contribution to India’s first space-lab class mission, the Aditya L-1 solar mission. One of the seven payloads fitted in Aditya L-1 is developed in Udaipur.

Team member, Dr. Anil Bhardwaj said that name of the payload is Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX). The information that Aditya L-1 will send on the activities happening on the Sun, will be studied with a super computer. Udaipur Observatory is equipped with four world hi-tech telescopes namely MAST, SPAR, CALLISTO, and GONG.