The Aditya-L1 Support Cell (AL1SC), the Community service centre, was established at the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) transit campus in Haldwani, Uttarakhand,as a part of the efforts of Indian Researchers to create a skilled community of solar scientists to bring & Store the data from the Aditya L1, the first Solar Mission of India.
- Aditya-L1 Support Cell (AL1SC), a joint initiative Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and ARIES will produce the trained manpower.
- The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of the AL1SC at ARIES was signed between ARIES and ISRO in 2021.
About AL1SC:
i.AL1SC will integrate all the data from the various instruments onboard Aditya L1 over a single web-based interface.
ii.The AL1SC will be a one-stop online platform for students, faculty and researchers from college, universities and institutions in India to get free access to a sample of processed scientific data pertaining to the Sun.
iii.All the data of ALISC will be hosted at the Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) of ISRO.
Aditya-L1 mission:
- The Aditya-L1 mission is led by the ISRO with an aim to set up a space-based observatory to track the sun.
- The mission is expected to be launched in 2022.
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About Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES):
ARIES is an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology(DST), Government of India.
Director– Prof. Dipankar Banerjee
Location– Nainital, Uttarakhand
