Everything To Know About ISRO's Aditya-L1 Mission

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ISRO's Aditya-L1, India's first mission to study the Sun, reached its final destination today

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It has successfully been placed in a halo point around the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1)

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The L1 point, around 1.5 million km from the Earth, is about 1% of the total distance between the Earth and the Sun

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It is a unique region where gravitational forces between the Earth and the Sun reach equilibrium

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Built at a cost of Rs 400 crore, the satellite will function as the 1st space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun

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The mission aims to observe the Sun's corona, understand its extreme heat from a halo orbit around the L1

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It was launched on September 2, 2023, from Sriharikota launchpad with space vehicle PSLV-C57

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The satellite will gain crucial information about pre-flare and flare activities and the dynamics of space weather

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Aditya-L1 satellite will observe photosphere, chromosphere and the outermost layers of the Sun (the corona)

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The spacecraft has undergone four earth-bound manoeuvres and a Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvres

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