The High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) payload, onboard the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, has captured the first glimpse of solar flares.
- Aditya-L1 is the first space-based Indian mission to study the sun. It was launched on September 2 and is currently on its journey to the destination of sun-earth L1 point (L1).
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said the HEL1OS payload has captured the first high-energy X-ray glimpse of solar flares.
- HEL1OS was developed by the Space Astronomy Group of the U. R. Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO, Bengaluru.
- Aditya-L1 will arrive at the L1 point in January 2024 and the satellite will spend its mission life orbiting around L1 in an irregularly shaped orbit. L1 is about 1.5 million km from the earth.
