The Aditya L-1 mission is a collaboration of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) with several other institutes in the country. It is the first space-based observatory-class Indian solar mission to study the Sun.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to place the Aditya L1 spacecraft, India’s first mission to study the Sun, into its final orbit tomorrow – January 6 at 4 pm. The spacecraft, which was launched on September 2, would be injected into the ‘halo orbit’ around the Lagrange Point 1 (L1),.
“Aditya L1 has already reached the L1 point and the manoeuvre (on January 6) will put it in the desired orbit. Without getting into the orbit, the spacecraft will continue to travel towards the Sun,” an ISRO official told The Indian Express.
I’m set to arrive at my cosmic destination, Lagrange Point 1 (L1), on Jan 6, 2024! #ISRO pic.twitter.com/4FnZKwg27q
— ISRO ADITYA-L1 (@ISRO_ADITYAL1) December 22, 2023
Nigar Shaji, the Project Director for the Aditya L-1 mission said at the U R Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru, “The Indian solar observatory will have an uninterrupted and continuous view of the Sun and will help us understand space weather. It will act like a forecasting and warning platform for solar storms.”
