ISRO's misssion to Sun: Aditya L1 reaches its destination; what next? Top 10 points

ISRO's first mission to the Sun, Aditya L 1 reached to its designated orbit on Saturday. Months after its successful launch, Aditya L 1 entered into the Lagrange Point 1. After the historic success of ISRO, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian space agency for the mission. “India creates yet another landmark.

India’s first solar observatory Aditya L1 reaches it destination. It is a testament to the relentless dedication of our scientists in realising among the most complex and intricate space missions. I join the nation in applauding this extraordinary feat. We will continue to pursue new frontiers of science for the benefit of humanity," he wrote on X.

Aditya L1 mission: Top points After the the successful entry of Aditya L1 to its designated orbit, the satellite is anticipated to remain for the next five years. Situated at a distance of 1.5 million km from Earth, the Aditya L1 satellite, launched from Sriharikota on September 2, will execute a crucial manoeuvre upon reaching L1.

Aditya L1, described as a “satellite dedicated to the comprehensive study of the Sun," was successfully launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C57) on September 2, 2023. Representing the first space based observatory class Indian solar mission, Aditya L1 is specifically designed for the in depth study of the Sun.

The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV C57) launched the Aditya L1 spacecraft from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, on September 2 last year. After a flight duration of 63 minutes and 20 seconds, it was successfully injected into an elliptical orbit of 235x19500 km around the Earth.

The spacecraft underwent a series of maneuvers thereafter and headed Sun Earth Lagrange Point 1(L1), having escaped the Earth's sphere of influence. The seven payloads of Aditya L1 are indigenously developed by different laboratories in the country. Its VELC instrument is made at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore; SUIT instrument at Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune; ASPEX instrument at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad; PAPA payload at Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram; SoLEXS and HEL1OS payloads at U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bangalore, and the Magnetometer payload at the Laboratory for Electro Optics Systems, Bangalore.

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