India's first solar mission will study about the Sun
Aditya-L1, India's pioneering space-based solar observatory focused on studying the Sun, has begun its scientific mission. On September 19, 2023, it successfully exited Earth's gravitational influence, following the completion of its fifth and final Earth-bound maneuver known as the Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) maneuver. Aditya-L1 is now on its way to its destination, a halo orbit around Lagrange Point 1 (L1), a journey that will take about 110 days. This strategic location at L1, 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, offers many advantages. This allows Aditya-L1 to conserve energy by reducing fuel consumption while giving the spacecraft an uninterrupted view of the Sun throughout its five-year mission duration. Aditya-L1 is equipped with seven scientific instruments, including four remote sensing devices and three in-situ instruments. Remote sensing payloads include the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), the Solar Low Energy X-ray Spectrometer (SoLEXS), the S...