Headlines
- Aditya L1 was launched on 2 September 2023
- Aditya L1 reached the L1 point on 6 January 2024
- Since then Suryayan has been studying the Sun by staying at the L1 point
Aditya L1 Mission Update: India’s Suryayan Aditya L1 has created another history in space. Aditya L1 has completed its first halo orbit. This is the first orbit of Aditya L1.
Completes one revolution in 178 days
Giving information about this achievement of Aditya L1 mission, ISRO tweeted- Today, Aditya-L1 completed its first halo orbit around the L1 point. After being inserted on January 6, 2024, it took 178 days to complete one revolution.
India’s first Surya Mission
Aditya-L1 is a coronagraphy spacecraft designed and developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to study the solar atmosphere. It is orbiting in a halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) between the Earth and the Sun, about 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, where it is studying the solar atmosphere, solar magnetic storms and their impact on the environment around the Earth.