Aditya-L1

Aditya-L1 (<a href="/facts/Sanskrit/ychfjhlx">Sanskrit</a>: <a href="/facts/Surya/TjA6jwVa">Āditya</a> IPA: [aːd̪it̪jɐ] 'Sun', L1 '<a href="/facts/Lagrange_point/XCAN4o3P">Lagrange Point 1</a>') is a <a href="/facts/Coronagraph/ggUUrlYY">coronagraphy</a> spacecraft for studying the <a href="/facts/Sun/CadPCVHh">solar atmosphere</a>, designed and developed by the <a href="/facts/ISRO/CdAoFQTL">Indian Space Research Organisation</a> (ISRO) and various other Indian Space Research Institutes. It is orbiting at about 1.5 million km from Earth in a <a href="/facts/Halo_orbit/NnTW9mnT">halo orbit</a> around the <a href="/facts/Lagrange_point/XCAN4o3P">Lagrange point 1</a> (L1) between the <a href="/facts/Earth/HLLmDfj0">Earth</a> and the <a href="/facts/Sun/CadPCVHh">Sun</a>, where it will study the solar atmosphere, <a href="/facts/Solar_storm/WaS5uLv4">solar magnetic storms</a>, and their impact on the environment around the Earth.
It is the first <a href="/facts/List_of_ISRO_missions/4xeMERXB">Indian mission</a> dedicated to observe the Sun. <a href="/facts/Nigar_Shaji/TcpYUvtp">Nigar Shaji</a> is the project's director. Aditya-L1 was launched aboard the <a href="/facts/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/KantsJM7">PSLV</a> C57 at 11:50 <a href="/facts/India_Standard_Time/K8wy1APK">IST</a> on 2 September 2023. It successfully achieved its intended orbit nearly an hour later, and separated from its <a href="/facts/Polar_Satellite_Launch_Vehicle/KantsJM7">fourth stage</a> at 12:57 IST. It was inserted at the L1 point on 6 January 2024, at 4:17 pm IST.
In February 2024, Aditya-L1 observed a powerful flare erupt from Earth's sun from its vantage point–a distance of about 1 million miles (1.5 million kilometers).

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