Aditya-L1 spacecraft escapes Earth's sphere of influence; Check what ISRO revealed

In some great news, ISRO has revealed that India’s first solar mission Aditya-L1 is successfully achieving all its objectives.

On Saturday, ISRO announced that the Aditya-L1 spacecraft has successfully traveled beyond a distance of 9.2 lakh km from Earth.

The spacecraft has escaped Earth's sphere of influence and is now on its way to the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1) as informed by ISRO, on X (formerly Twitter).

According to ISRO, "This is the second time in succession that ISRO could send a spacecraft outside the sphere of influence of the Earth, the first time being the Mars Orbiter Mission," 

ISRO says that the Aditya-L1 solar mission spacecraft has even started collecting data earlier this month.

The data collected will be crucial for scientists to analyze the behavior of Sun particles surrounding Earth.

Specifically, data from the L1 point will provide insights into the origin, acceleration, and anisotropy of solar wind and space weather phenomena.

The Aditya-L1 was launched into space by the PSLV-C57 rocket on September 2.

Aditya -L1 carries seven different payloads designed to study the Sun. The four payloads will be observing solar light and three will be measuring in-situ parameters of plasma and magnetic fields.

Aditya-L1 will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrangian Point 1 (L1), which is 1.5 million km from Earth in the direction of the Sun, allowing it to continuously observe the Sun from a fixed position.

Escaping  Earth's sphere of influence is a significant achievement for Aditya-L1. It will be exciting to see what’s coming next in the mission.