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Aditya-L1 Completes First Orbit in Halo Trajectory

July 7, 2024

Aditya-L1, India’s first solar observatory spacecraft, has successfully completed its first orbit in the halo trajectory around the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1). The spacecraft began its orbit around the Lagrange point on January 6 and took 178 days to complete this initial mission phase. Launched on September 2 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh aboard…

India ready for first solar mission

September 22, 2021

Aditya or Aditya L1 (Aditya – L1). Preparations for India’s world-wide solar mission are nearing completion. ISRO aims to launch Aditya by the end of 2022. The mission, scheduled for early 2020, was postponed in the wake of Covid. The satellite, which weighs 400 kg, will be carrying a payload called the Visible Emission Line…