Indian Space Agency’s Aditya-L1 Mission Departs Earth’s Gravity: Exploring the Solar System’s Outer Layers

2023-10-07 20:52:01

Saturday / 22 / Rabi’ Al-Awwal / 1445 AH – 23:51 – Saturday, October 7, 2023 23:51 The Indian Space Agency announced that the Indian probe that was launched towards the solar system to study the sun left the field of influence of Earth’s gravity. The Aditya-L1 mission was launched, which means « “The Sun” in Hindi, on September 2 on a four-month journey. It carries scientific instruments to monitor the outer layers of the solar system. The Indian Space Research Organization said in a statement, “The probe has left the field of influence of Earth’s gravity.” The probe has traveled a distance of 920,000 kilometers since its takeoff, that is, more. From half way to its destination. At this point, the gravitational forces of the Earth and the Sun cancel each other out, allowing the probe to remain in a stable orbit. The organization added, “This is the second time in a row that the Indian Space Research Organization has sent a spacecraft outside the field of gravitational influence.” Earth, and the first was the Mars Orbiter mission in 2013 and 2014.
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