Aiming for the sun

By Editorji News Desk
Published on | Aug 30, 2023

Aditya L1- India

ISRO will be launching Aditya L1 mission to the Sun on Sept 2. The Budget for the mission is expected to be Rs 400 crore

Ulysses - European Space Agency, USA

NASA's Ulysses was the first sun mission to survey the space environment above and below the poles of our Sun that was built at an estimated $ 158 MN

Genesis - USA

NASA launched this mission in 2001 to collect solar wind samples. The cost is estimated at $164 MN for spacecraft development & science instruments

Stereo A & B - USA

The Stereo twins were launched at an approximate cost of $550 MN for the spacecraft, its instruments, the launch vehicle, ground operations

DSCOVR - USA

The Deep Space Climate Observatory was launched in Feb 2015 and was built at a cost of $ 150 MN

Parker Solar Probe - USA

The $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe launched in August 2018, on a mission to help researchers better understand how the sun ticks

Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory - China

China deployed its space-based solar observatory to study the Sun in October 2022. China is aiming to study the solar magnetic field

Hinotori - Japan

JAXA, the Japan's space agency, launched its first solar observation satellite, in 1981 to study solar flares, solar particle rays using X-rays