Solar spacecraft Aditya-L1 will reach L1 point on January 6: Isro chairman

Sunday, 24 December 2023
India’s maiden solar spacecraft Aditya-L1 will reach its destination, the Lagrangian point (L1), on January 6, Isro chairman S Somanath has disclosed. The L1 point is located 1.5 million km from the Earth and from this point, the spacecraft will be able to study the outer atmosphere of the Sun by viewing it constantly and uninterrupted without any eclipse. Somanath also talked about India’s own space station in future. He said Isro has made a plan to build an Indian space station, called 'Bharatiya space station' during the 'Amrit Kaal' as per PM Narendra Modi's instructions.

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