Aditya-L1 Update ISRO India Solar Mission: Data from Earth’s orbit will help scientists analyze the behavior of particles around the Earth, especially its magnetic field. STEPS was activated on September 10 at a distance of more than 50 thousand kilometers from the Earth. This distance is more than 8 times the radius of the Earth
Aditya-L1: STEPS was activated on September 10 at a distance of more than 50 thousand kilometers from the Earth.
India Solar Mission: Aditya L-1, the first space mission of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) sent into space to study the Sun, has given great news. According to ISRO, Aditya-L1 has started collecting scientific data to observe the Sun. ISRO said that the sensors of the Supra Thermal and Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS) instrument have started collecting scientific data. This sensor is a part of the Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment (ASPEX) payload.
In a post on social media platform “These data will help scientists analyze the behavior of particles around Earth,” the national space agency said in the post. ISRO said that the Supra Thermal and Energetic Particle Spectrometer instrument is a part of the Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment space instrument.
ISRO said, “As Aditya L-1 moves towards the L1 point between the Sun and Earth, these measurements of STEPS will continue during the ‘cruise phase’ of the spacecraft mission. “This will continue even after they are placed in orbit.” ISRO said, “The data collected around L-1 will provide important information about the origin of the solar wind, its speed and things related to space weather.”
What is STEPS sensor?
STEPS has been developed by the Physical Research Laboratory in collaboration with the Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad. It is equipped with 6 sensors observing in different directions and measuring super-thermal and powerful ions ranging from 20 kiloelectron volts/nucleon to 5 MEV/nucleon, in addition to electrons of more than one mega electron volt. Have been. STEPS sensors were activated only on 10 September.
Data from Earth’s orbit will help scientists analyze the behavior of particles around Earth, particularly its magnetic field. STEPS was activated on September 10 at a distance of more than 50 thousand kilometers from the Earth. This distance is more than 8 times the radius of the Earth. ISRO launched Aditya-L1 on September 2 using PSLV-C57 rocket.
It will be placed in a halo orbit on the Lagrangian point (L1), 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth. Meanwhile, Aditya-L1 will be given a formal send-off towards the Sun on September 19, when the spacecraft will head for Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 insertion (TL1i), the Indian space agency said.
