The space agency also shared an image  depicting  the  change in  energy  of the number of protons  and alpha  particles  captured by the new payload.  

 New Delhi: Aditya L1, India’s ambitious  solar research mission, took  a giant  step forward today  and has now started observing  the  solar  wind.  The Indian Space Research  Organization  (ISRO), sharing the  development,  said  the Aditya Solar  Wind  Particle Experiment (ASPEX) payload  on  the satellite has commenced  operations and is  functioning  normally. 

 ASPEX  consists of  two  instruments:  the Solar  Wind  Ion Spectrometer (SWIS) and STEPS  (Superthermal  and Energetic Particle Spectrometer). While STEPS  became operational  on September 10, the SWIS  tool  was activated on Saturday and  showed  optimal performance, ISRO said.  The space agency also shared an image on X (formerly Twitter)  illustrating  the energy  change  in  the number of protons  and alpha  particles  captured by the new payload. 

  The mission  took  off from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on September 2.  The main  objectives of  the  mission include  studying  the physics of  the  solar corona and its heating mechanism,  acceleration of  the solar  wind, coalescence The composition  and dynamics of the solar atmosphere,  the distribution of the  solar  wind,  and temperature  anisotropy. ,  and  the origins  of  coronal mass ejections (CMEs)  and  near-Earth space weather  and  explosions.  

  Other  projects  underway in India  include a human spaceflight program that aims to  send  astronauts into orbit for the first  time,  possibly by 2025. 

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