CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -NASA’s Parker Solar Probe mission will revolutionize our understanding of the Sun. Parker Solar Probe will swoop to within 4 million miles of the Sun’s surface, facing heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aditya-L1 is the first Indian space mission to observe the Sun and the solar corona. ISRO is planning to launch the Aditya-L1 mission, the first Indian space mission to observe the Sun by June/July 2023.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is currently being designed and developed by ISRO and various other Indian research institutes. First dedicated Indian mission to observe the Sun, it is planned to be launched in June-July 2023 aboard a PSLV-XL launch vehicle. It was conceptualised in 2008 and was initially envisaged as a small 400 kg satellite.

Detailed explanation-4: -“A satellite placed in the halo orbit around the L1 point has the major advantage of continuously viewing the Sun without any occultation/eclipses. This will provide a greater advantage of observing the solar activities and its effect on space weather in real time,” Isro says.