Correct Answer - Option 2 : B
The correct option is , i.e. Aditya.
- ISRO is planning to launch a satellite called Aditya to study the sun.
- This was said by PM Narendra Modi in his 'Mann ki Baat' program of AIR.
- He said that India has many powerful telescopes around the country including a giant meter-wave telescope near Pune and other powerful telescopes located in Kodaikanal, Udagamandalam, Guru Shikhar and Hanle Ladakh.
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Aditya (which means Sun) or Aditya-L1 is a spacecraft whose mission is to study the Sun.
- It was conceptualised by the Advisory Committee for Space Research in January 2008.
- It has been designed and will be built in collaboration between Indian Space Research Organisation and various Indian research organizations and will be launched by ISRO around Jan 2022.
- This will be the first Indian space mission to study the Sun, and also the first Indian mission to be placed at Lagrangian point L1.
