ISRO launched Aditya-L1 mission is the first space-based observatory-class Indian solar mission to study the Sun.
As per the space agency, the spacecraft is now navigating its path towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1)
The Aditya L-1 spacecraft, which was India’s first mission to the Sun, has successfully escaped the sphere of Earth’s influence, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Saturday.
Taking to ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), the ISRO said, “Aditya-L1 Mission: The spacecraft has travelled beyond a distance of 9.2 lakh kilometres from Earth, successfully escaping the sphere of Earth’s influence. It is now navigating its path towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1). This is the second time in succession that ISRO could send a spacecraft outside the sphere of influence of the Earth, the first time being the Mars Orbiter Mission”.
As per the space agency, the spacecraft is now navigating its path towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1).
ISRO could send a spacecraft outside the sphere of influence of the Earth the second time in succesion now. The first time was the Mars Orbiter Mission
The spacecraft to study the Sun was launched on September 2 at 11.50 am from the Sriharikota spaceport. It was the first dedicated Indian space mission for observations of the Sun to be launched by the Bengaluru-headquartered space agency.
Aditya-L1 spacecraft carries a total seven different payloads to study the Sun, four of which will observe the light from the Sun and the remaining three will measure in-situ parameters of the plasma and magnetic fields. Aditya-L1 will be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrangian Point 1 (L1), which is 1.5 million km from the Earth in the direction of the Sun. It will revolve around the Sun with the same relative position and hence can see the Sun continuously.
(with PTI inputs)
