ISRO’S Aditya-L1 Successfully Reaches the Lagrange-1 Point 

The first solar mission of India, Aditya-L1, has successfully reached its destined spot- Lagrange 1 Point. Launched on September 2, 2023, the spacecraft took 127 days to get there, reaching its destination on January 6, 2024. Created and launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Aditya-L1’s purpose is to study the outer layers of the sun.

Lagrange points are places in outer space between two large heavenly bodies where a smaller object can remain stable. Lagrange-1 is located between the Earth and the Sun, roughly 1.5 million km away from Earth. This point is only about 1% of the Earth-sun distance, which is 147.11 million km. Aditya-L1 has been placed there to observe the sun continuously and study its activities.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to the social media platform named X to announce this huge achievement made by the visionaries of IRSO. He wrote about India’s plan to achieve more of such feats.