ISRO chairman S Somnath announces Aditya L1 solar mission's key insertion date

Indian Space and Research Organisation ISRO Chairman S Somnath said on Saturday that the L1 point of insertion of Indias maiden solar mission Aditya L1 will be done on January 6 2024The ISRO chief further said that the time of insertion of the spacecraft has not been decided yetThe Lagrangian point L1 insertion of Aditya L1 will be done on January 6 2024 but the time has not been decided yet Chief Somnath said on SaturdayThe ISRO chief along with BJP leader Rivaba Jadeja attend the 7th national conclave organized by Chhatra Sansad in Gujarats VadodaraAfter the successful soft landing of Chandrayaan3 near the South pole of the moon the ISRO launched the countrys maiden solar mission AdityaL1 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 2Earlier in the month ISRO informed that the Solar Wind Ion Spectrometer SWIS the second instrument in the Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment ASPEX of its maiden solar mission Aditya L1 is operationalThe Solar Wind Ion Spectrometer SWIS the second instrument in the Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment ASPEX payload is operational The histogram illustrates the energy variations in proton and alpha particle counts captured by SWIS over 2days ISRO said in a post on XAs per a statement issued by ISRO the Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment ASPEX payload onboard Indias AdityaL1 satellite is performing normallyASPEX comprises two cuttingedge instruments the Solar wind Ion Spectrometer SWIS and STEPS SupraThermal and Energetic Particle SpectrometerThe STEPS instrument became operational on September 10 2023 The SWIS instrument was activated on November 2 2023 and has exhibited optimal performance the statement mentionedISRO further stated that the ASPEX has begun its measurements of solar wind ionsIn its update ISRO on November 7 Tuesday noted that the spectrometer on board AdityaL1 recorded the impulsive phase of solar flares during its first observation period from approximately October 29 2023The Xray spectrometer HEL1OS attached to the AdityaL1 spacecraft captured the first highenergy Xray glimpse of solar flaresA solar flare is a sudden brightening of the solar atmosphere Flares produce enhanced emission in all wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum radio optical UV soft Xrays hard Xrays and gammaraysCommissioned on October 27 2023 the HEL1OS Xray spectrometer is currently undergoing finetuning of thresholds and calibration operations It has been monitoring the Sun for hard Xray activities ever sinceIn early October the AdityaL1 spacecraft that is carrying out Indias first solar mission performed a trajectory correction manoeuvre TCM for about 16 secondsISRO had said AdityaL1 will neither land on the sun nor approach the sun any closerThis strategic location will enable AdityaL1 to continuously observe the sun without being hindered by eclipses or occultation allowing scientists to study solar activities and their impact on space weather in realtimeAlso the spacecrafts data will help identify the sequence of processes that lead to solar eruptive events and contribute to a deeper understanding of space weather driversThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever