Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 12:07pm on 18 Sep 2023,Monday Science
The Indian Space Research Organisation announced its Aditya L1 solar observatory has started gathering scientific data while in earth orbit, beginning with its particle spectrometer payload. Aditya is set to break free of earth's gravity tonight in a maneuver to start its 4-month journey to orbit the sun. The data collected so far on energetic particles enables analysis of behavior around earth and its magnetic field. After health checks, Aditya's instruments persistently gathered measurements as the spacecraft exceeded 50,000 km from earth. The ambitious Aditya mission marks India's first space-based solar observatory, soon to provide observations from a unique vantage point.
