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Aditya-L1's HEL1OS captures first glimpse of Solar Flares
CHENNAI [Maha Media]: India's first solar exploratory mission spacecraft Aditya-L1, which is continuing its journey to land at the sun-earth L1 point, has captured the first glimpse of solar flares. ISRO on Wednesday said the solar flares were captured by the L1-Orbiting X-ray spectrometer--HELIOS.
"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 impulsive phase of solar flares", the Space Agency said in an upadate. . "The recorded data is consistent with the X-ray light curves provided by NOAA's GOES."
"Commissioned on October 27, 2023, HEL1OS is currently undergoing fine-tuning of thresholds and calibration operations. The instrument is set to monitor the Sun's high-energy X-ray activity with fast timing and high-resolution spectra", ISRO said. "HEL1OS data enables researchers to study explosive energy release and electron acceleration during impulsive phases of solar flares" it added.HEL1OS was developed by the Space Astronomy Group of the U. R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru.
