ISRO's Aditya-L1  begins collecting scientific data on  Solar exploration  efforts 

BY - srushti sharma

ISRO said that L1 had  begun gathering scientific  data, representing significant advancements in Indian  space exploration

At a distance of more than  50,000 km from Earth, the  STEPS instrument's sensors  have started monitoring  supra thermal and  energetic ions and electrons

This information aids in  the analysis of the behavior  of the particles that  orbit the Earth

The figure shows changes  in the energetic particle environment that one of  the units collected

The Aditya Solar Wind  Particle Experiment (ASPEX) payload's Supra Thermal  and Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS)  instrument has begun  data collection

STEPS is equipped with six sensors that look in  different directions and is responsible for  measuring supra-thermal  and energetic ions 

As the Aditya-L1 mission  moves closer to the  Sun-Earth L1 point, these measurements will  continue to be made

giving vital information  on the causes, rates, and asymmetry of solar wind and space weather  occurrences

India's first mission to study  the Sun, the Aditya-L1  spacecraft, has made  tremendous advancements