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    Mission objectives

    The main objectives of Aditya-L1 are:
    • To observe the dynamics of the Sun's chromosphere and corona:
    • To observe the physical particle environment around its position.… See more

    History

    The mission was conceptualised in January 2008 by the Advisory Committee for Space Sciences (ADCOS). It was initially envisaged as a small, 400 kg (880 lb) satellite in a Low Earth Orbit (800 km) with a coronagraph to … See more

    Overview

    The mission took 126 Earth days after launch to reach the halo orbit around the L1 point, which is about 1,500,000 km (930,000 mi) from Earth. The spacecraft is planned to remain in the halo orbit for its mission dur… See more

    Payloads

    The instruments of Aditya-L1 are tuned to observe the solar atmosphere, mainly the chromosphere and corona. In-situ instruments will observe the local environment at the L1 point. There are seven payl… See more