Facts You Should Know About ISRO's L1 Mission

ISRO will be launching their first Solar Mission, Aditya -L1 on 2nd September 2023 from SDSC, Sriharikota.

Aditya-L1, will be the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun.

L1 refers to Lagrangian/Lagrange Point 1, one of five points in the orbital plane of the Earth-Sun system.

The Aditya L1 Mission's goals include analyzing the Sun's photosphere using soft and solid X-rays, investigating the chromosphere with UV observations, and maintaining round-the-clock imaging of the Sun.

Covering an impressive 1.5 million km journey, the spacecraft will reach the Lagrange 1 (L1) point, nestled between the Earth and the Sun—almost four times the distance traveled by Chandrayaan missions.

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