The Indian Space Research Organisation, on Friday, announced that PAPA payload onboard Aditya-L1 has successfully detected the impact of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) caused by the solar wind.
The CMEs are massive structures of plasma and magnetic fields sent out from the Sun into the heliosphere.
Developed by the Space Physics Laboratory and Avionics Entity of ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), PAPA is an energy and mass analyser designed for in-situ measurements of solar wind electrons and ions in the low energy range.
Its two sensors, the Solar Wind Electron Energy Probe (SWEEP) and the Solar Wind Ion Composition Analyser (SWICAR), made continuous observations enabling Aditya-L1 to provide real-time data by monitoring space weather and analysing solar phenomena.
The data collected by PAPA revealed the occurrence of Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) events occurred on December 15, 2023, and during February 10-11, 2024..
Aditya-L1's PAPA payload makes groundbreaking discovery of first solar wind impact from the sun.
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