ISRO invites proposals from Indian scientists to analyse data from Aditya-L1 mission

Key Highlights

• According to ISRO scientific data from the mission are regularly released in public domain for global scientific utilization.
• “At present there are more than 23 TB data in public domain and several important scientific results have been published in International peer reviewed journals.
• To further maximise the scientific return from this unique mission, the ISRO has released the first AO inviting proposals from the Indian solar physics community for Aditya-L1 observation time,” ISRO said.
• It added that this L1 point, located approximately 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth, offers the unique advantage of continuous, uninterrupted observation of the Sun, free from eclipses or occultation.
• This announcement soliciting proposals for Aditya-L1 observation is open to Indian scientists and researchers residing and working at institutes, universities and colleges in India who are involved in research in the area of solar science and are equipped to submit proposals as Principal Investigators (PIs) for solar observations with necessary scientific and technical justification and can analyse the data, if observation is made based on approvals.