Solar wind particle experiment payload onboard Aditya-L1 starts operations ISRO
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Aditya-L1 is the first Indian space-based observatory to study the Sun from a halo orbit around first Sun-earth Lagrangian point (L1), which is located roughly 1.5 million km from Earth
Aditya L1, India's ambitious mission to study the sun, today made a giant leap and has now started observing solar winds.
Last week, ISRO chief S Somanath had said that the mission was almost done with it's final phase, adding that it will reach the L1 point by January 7, 2024
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that the Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment payload on India's solar satellite, Aditya-L1, has started operations and is functioning normally. The experiment consists of two instruments, the Solar Wind Ion Spectrometer (SWIS) and Suprathermal and Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS).