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Published 10:47 IST, January 7th 2024

Internet rejoices as ISRO achieves a new milestone with the successful Aditya-L1 mission

The internet congratulates ISRO on achieving a new milestone with the successful Aditya-L1 mission.

Reported by: Navya Dubey
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Aditya L1 has successfully entered into a halo orbit around the L1 point
Aditya L1 has successfully entered into a halo orbit around the L1 point | Image: ISRO

After a successful launch of the Moon Mission last year, India created yet another landmark. India’s first solar observatory, Aditya-L1, reaches its destination on January 6, 2024. The final phase of the maneuver involved the firing of control engines for a short duration. The orbit of the Aditya-L1 spacecraft is a periodic Halo orbit, which is located roughly 1.5 million km from earth on the continuously moving Sun-Earth line with an orbital period of about 177.86 earth days. This halo orbit is a periodic, three-dimensional orbit at L1 involving the Sun, Earth, and a spacecraft.

Dr. Sankarasubramanian K., ISRO, has been designated as the Principal Scientist of the Aditya-L1 mission. On the success, he mentioned, "This mission is for the whole world." And he laid out bigger plans for ISRO, saying, "Surya sey bhi door jayenge (we will go farther than the sun).
 

The Internet, following its successful entry into the Halo orbit, Another remarkable achievement for ISRO was commenting and posting on social media platforms.

Here are some of the posts shared by netizens expressing happiness and congratulating ISRO: 

Updated 10:47 IST, January 7th 2024