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Aditya L1 - out of earth influence

October 13 , 2023 281 days 416 0
  • The Aditya-L1 space craft, which is headed to the Lagrangian 1 (L1) point, has escaped the sphere of Earth’s influence.
  • Aditya-L1 is India’s first space-based observatory to study the Sun.
  • The spacecraft has travelled beyond a distance of 9.2 lakh kilometres from Earth.
  • It is now navigating its path towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1).
  • L1 is about 1.5 million km from the Earth.
  • The distance of L1 from Earth is approximately 1% of the Earth-Sun distance.

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