India’s First Interplanetary Mission

 

Aditya-L1 – India’s First Interplanetary Mission

Aditya-L1 is India’s first interplanetary mission, which is planned by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to study the Sun. The mission is a precursor to a potential future Indian Solar Orbiter mission.

The main objective of the mission will be to study the Sun’s corona from a prime vantage point nearly 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, overlying the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point 1 (L1). By studying the Sun’s corona from a vantage point, it enables us to better understand the various events that occur in this region, including space