{"id":15067,"date":"2023-09-21T06:34:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T01:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15067"},"modified":"2025-04-03T08:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:52:19","slug":"steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Supra Thermal &#038; Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Supra Thermal &amp; Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS):<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>sub-system of the ASPEX<\/strong> (Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment) payload on the spacecraft.<\/li>\n<li>The key aim of STEPS is to\u00a0<strong>study the environment of energetic particles<\/strong> from the spacecraft\u2019s position on the L1 point till it will function.<\/li>\n<li>The data from STEPS in the long term will also help us understand how\u00a0<strong>space weather changes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It comprises six sensors, each observing in different directions and measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions.<\/li>\n<li>The data collected during the Earth\u2019s orbits helps scientists to\u00a0<strong>analyse the behaviour of particles surrounding the planet<\/strong>, especially in the presence of its magnetic field.<\/li>\n<li>It was developed by the Physical Research Laboratory PRL with support from the Space Application Centre (SAC) in Ahmedabad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Key facts about Aditya L1<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Aditya (in Sanskrit means Sun) is a planned\u00a0<strong>coronagraphy spacecraft<\/strong> to study solar atmosphere (solar corona &#8211; outermost part).<\/li>\n<li>It has been designed and\u00a0<strong>developed by ISRO and various other Indian research institutes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is the first dedicated Indian mission to observe the Sun, and will be launched aboard a\u00a0<strong>PSLV-XL launch vehicle.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The suits of Aditya L1\u2019s payloads are expected to provide crucial information for understanding the phenomenon of:\n<ul>\n<li>coronal heating, coronal mass ejection(CME), pre-flare and flare activities and their characteristics,<\/li>\n<li>the dynamics of space weather, propagation of particles and fields etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is PSLV-XL?<\/h3>\n<p>The PSLV-XL (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle &#8211; Extra Large) is an upgraded version of the Indian Space Research Organisation&#8217;s (ISRO) PSLV launch vehicle. The PSLV is one of ISRO&#8217;s most successful and versatile launch vehicles and is known for its reliability and cost-effectiveness. The PSLV-XL is designed to carry heavier payloads into various orbits, including polar orbits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/solar-mission-aditya-takes-steps-to-collect-info-on-energetic-particles-from-space\/1769997\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Solar mission Aditya takes STEPS to collect information on energetic particles from space.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supra Thermal &#038; Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS) is a sub-system of the ASPEX (Aditya Solar Wind Particle Experiment) payload on the spacecraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15067","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}