science news desk,India's Aditya L1 mission is underway to go into space and learn about the Sun, the largest star in the solar system. This is an important space campaign of the country which is continuously progressing. The mission has now taken a big leap. The latest update of Aditya L-1 has been released by ISRO and it has been said that now Aditya L-1 has started studying solar winds. The Indian Space Research Organization has said that the Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) payload has started its work and is running smoothly.
The Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) consists of two instruments – one is the Solar Wind Ion Spectrometer (SWIS), and the other is the Superthermal and Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS) instrument. The Superthermal and Energetic Particle Spectrometer became operational on 10 September itself. The Solar Wind Ion Spectrometer became active yesterday i.e. on Saturday 2nd December. ISRO has said that it is also functioning normally. ISRO has given this information by posting on social media.
This study of Aditya L-1 is going to prove important regarding how solar winds are affecting life on Earth. Earlier, Aditya L-1 had detected a huge explosion near the Sun. The 'High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer' (HEL1OS) installed in the spacecraft had recorded the solar flare.
Aditya-L-1 is India's first space-based observatory. It will reach about 15 lakh kilometers away from the Earth and study the Sun. The location where Aditya L-1 will be deployed is known as the Sun-Earth first Lagrangian point (L1). From here the sun can always be kept an eye on. 7 scientific instruments have been sent in Aditya L-1. All these equipment are made in India only. With the help of all these instruments, information about different parts of the Sun will be collected.
