Aditya L1 Mission: India’s Solar Observatory gets down to business, starts collecting valuable data
FirstpostISRO has shared an update stating that its Aditya-L1 solar observatory, is already hard at work and has started collecting data, before reaching Point L1. The observatory is 50,000 kms away from the Earth India’s Solar Observatory, the Aditya L1 is already getting down to business even before it reaches its destination, the L1 or Lagrange Point 1 The Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO put out a post on X earlier today with an update from the Supra Thermal & Energetic Particle Spectrometer instrument. This data helps scientists analyze the behaviour of… pic.twitter.com/kkLXFoy3Ri — ISRO September 18, 2023 In a press note that ISRO published, they explained that the Supra Thermal & Energetic Particle Spectrometer or STEPS instrument is a crucial component of the Aditya Solar Wind Particle EXperiment payload. A graphical representation illustrates the measurements, showcasing fluctuations in the energetic particle environment within Earth’s magnetosphere, which were collected by one of the instrument’s units.