The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Saturday that the Aditya L-1 spacecraft, which was India's maiden voyage to the Sun, had successfully left the zone of influence of Earth.
Aditya-L1 Mission: The spacecraft has passed beyond a distance of 9.2 lakh kilometres from Earth, successfully leaving the sphere of Earth's influence, the ISRO said on 'X' (previously Twitter). Right now, it is directing itself in the direction of Lagrange Point 1 (L1). The first time was the Mars Orbiter Mission, and this is the second time in a row that ISRO has been able to launch a spacecraft beyond the Earth's sphere of influence.
The spacecraft is currently navigating its course towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1), according to the space agency.
The ISRO might now launch a spacecraft for the second mission in a row outside the Earth's sphere of influence. The Mars Orbiter Mission was the first.
On September 2 at 11:50 a.m., the Sriharikota spaceport saw the launch of the spacecraft intended to investigate the Sun. It was the first specifically intended Indian space mission for Sun observations to be launched by the space agency with its Bengaluru headquarters.
The Aditya-L1 spacecraft is carrying a total of seven separate payloads to investigate the Sun; four of these will measure in-situ plasma and magnetic field parameters, and the other three will examine the Sun's light. The Lagrangian Point 1 (L1), about 1.5 million kilometres away from the Earth in the direction of the Sun, will be the object of Aditya-L1's halo orbit. It can observe the Sun continuously since it will spin around it at the same relative location.
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