ESA Launches Vigil Mission To Protect Against Sun’s Violent Outbursts
Two spacecraft under the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Vigil mission, formerly referred to as Lagrange, are going to be stationed at the Lagrangian points L1 and L5, respectively. It’s the primary of its kind mission, with the aim of monitoring the unpredictable and active Sun and helping protect the planet from its outbursts. Solar flares, coronal mass ejections, geomagnetic storms, solar proton events and other space weather incidences are monitored by ESA Vigil. Monitoring of the space incidences will help in predicting the timing of its arrival on Earth and any effect it would wear on infrastructure. This mission plans to position two spacecraft within the L1 and L5 Lagrangian points, where gravitational forces interact to supply a stable region where propellant could als
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