The Aditya L-1 of ‘ISRO’ (ISRO) has felt a ‘great-help’ there. Aditya L-1 has seen the first high energy X-ray glimpse of solar flares. In a post on Tuesday, ISRO said that ‘High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray spectrometer’ (HEL1OS) has recorded solar flare in a post that ‘Aditya El1’. The agency also stated that Hel1OS started the Observation of the Sun from 29 October.
Aditya-l1 mission:
Hel1os Captures First High-Energy X-Ray Glimpse of Solar Flares🔸during its first observation period from approximately 12:00 to 22:00 ut on October 29, 2023, The High Energy L1 Orbiting X-Ray Spectrometer (Hel1OS) On Board Aditya-L1 has recorded the… pic.twitter.com/x6r9zhdwm5
– ISRO (@ISRO) November 7, 2023
A scientist from ISRO told PTI that recording the first high energy X-ray glimpse of Solar Flair is an indication that the mission is working according to expectations.
What are solar flare
When the Sun’s magnetic energy is released, solar flares are formed from the lights and particles emanating from it. These flarers are the most powerful explosions in our solar system so far, which releases energy compared to billions of hydrogen bombs. Energetic particles present in these travel their journey at the speed of light.
What is Aditya L-1 mission
Aditya-L-1 is India’s first space based observator. It will reach the sun by reaching about 1.5 million kilometers from the Earth. The place where Aditya L-1 will be posted is known as the first Lagrangeian Point (L1) of the Sun-Earth. Sun can always be monitored from here.
When the mission starts its work, ISRO will be able to know solar activities in realtime. Aditya Spacecraft has taken 7 scientific instruments with it. All are Saveshi and are designed by various departments of India. With the help of instruments, different parts of the Sun will be studied. One of these instruments Hel1os has recorded a glimpse of Solar Flares’s first high energy X-ray.