{"id":61991,"date":"2025-09-04T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=61991"},"modified":"2025-09-04T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T10:22:11","slug":"solar-orbiter-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/solar-orbiter-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Orbiter Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Solar Orbiter Mission Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a new study the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Solar Orbiter Mission has traced the origin of Solar Energetic Electrons (SEEs) emerging from the Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Solar Orbiter Mission<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a joint project of the European<\/span><b> Space Agency<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> NASA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which was <\/span><b>launched in 2020.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It explores the <\/span><b>Sun and heliosphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from close up and out of the ecliptic plane.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Payload:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It carries <\/span><b>six remote-sensing instruments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to observe the <\/span><b>Sun and the solar corona<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>four in-situ instruments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to measure the <\/span><b>solar wind<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>energetic particles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>electromagnetic fields.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Solar Energetic Electrons (SEE)?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are high-energy particles <\/span><b>produced by the Sun.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These particles play a key role in shaping the <\/span><b>cosmic environment.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They can be emitted during <\/span><b>solar flares or coronal mass ejections<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Recent findings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is observed that one type of <\/span><b>SEE is tied to intense solar flares,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> explosive bursts from smaller patches of the Sun\u2019s surface, while another stems from <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-are-coronal-mass-ejections-cmes\/\" target=\"_blank\">coronal mass ejections<\/a> (CMEs).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between November 2020 and December 2022, the Solar Orbiter observed more than 300 bursts of SEEs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It will deepen <\/span><b>understanding of space weather.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/science-technology\/esas-solar-orbiter-traces-origin-of-energy-particles-from-the-sun-could-help-understand-space-weather-study#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solar Orbiter Mission is a joint project of the European Space Agency and NASA which was launched in 2020. 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