Aditya-L1, an ambitious spacecraft project from India, sent images of the Earth and the Moon today as it travelled towards its final goal, the 1.5 million km away Lagrangian point (L1). The pictures and a selfie that Aditya-L1 had taken were posted on Twitter by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Aditya-L1, ISRO’s Solar Observatory, Captures Earth and Moon En Route to Sun-Earth L1 Point
“Aditya-L1, destined for the Sun-Earth L1 point, takes a selfie and images of the Earth and the Moon,” the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said. The photos depict the instruments VELC (Visible Emission Line Coronagraph) and SUIT (Solar Ultraviolet Imager) as observed by the Aditya-L1 camera on September 4, 2023. On September 2, the mission departed from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Before entering the transfer orbit towards the Lagrange point L1, the spacecraft will carry out two more earthbound orbital movements. After 125 days, Aditya-L1 is anticipated to reach the planned orbit at the L1 point.
Unveiling the Secrets of Solar Corona and Paving the Way for India’s Human Spaceflight Program
The study of the physics of the solar corona and its heating mechanism, the acceleration of the solar wind, the coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, the distribution and temperature anisotropy of the solar wind, and the origin of CMEs, flares, and near-Earth space weather are some of the major goals of the mission. With the aid of the solar probe, ISRO is accomplishing its second milestone in less than a month after beating rival nations to the lunar south pole in late August. A human spaceflight programme run by India is aiming to put astronauts into orbit for the first time by 2025, according to ISRO Chairman S Somanath.
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