Sankarasubramanian named Principal Scientist of ISRO’s Aditya-L1 mission

Category : Science and Tech Published on: October 21 2022

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The Indian Space Research Organisation said Sankarasubramanian K has been designated as the Principal Scientist of the Aditya-L1 mission.
Aditya-L1 is the first observatory-class space-based solar mission from India.
The spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around the first Lagrange point, L1, of the Sun-Earth system.
Sankarasubramanian is a senior solar scientist at the U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), Bengaluru.
Sankarasubramanian has contributed to AstroSat, Chandrayaan-1 and Chandrayaan-2 missions of ISRO in several capacities.
Currently, he is heading the Space Astronomy Group (SAG) of URSC.
He is also the Principal Investigator for one of the X-ray payloads onboard Aditya-L1.