Aditya spacecraft reaches 9.2 lakh kilometers away from Earth how much journey is still left know

Aditya Mission Updates: India’s first solar mission Aditya L-1 is continuously moving towards its destination. This spacecraft has come out of the Earth’s gravitational influence zone and covered a distance of more than 9.2 lakh kilometers from the Earth. This is more than half of its total journey. Aditya spacecraft has to travel 15 lakh kilometers from the Earth to reach the L1 point from where it can continuously monitor the Sun.

The L1 point at which ‘Aditya L1’ will reach is called the Lagrangian point. After reaching there, Aditya spacecraft will monitor the activities taking place in the Sun. It is noteworthy that our Sun is going through its solar cycle and is very active. Because of this, sunspots are emerging in it. Phenomena like solar flare (What is solar flare) and coronal mass ejection (What is coronal mass ejection) are coming to light from those sunspots.

Indian Space Agency ISRO launched ‘Aditya L1’ spacecraft as part of the country’s first Sun mission on September 2 through Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C57 from Sriharikota Space Center in Andhra Pradesh.

‘Aditya L1’ has carried seven payloads with itself. Of these, 4 payloads will observe sunlight and the remaining 3 payloads will understand its plasma and magnetic field. Every day thousands of pictures will be sent to ISRO’s command center, where a team of scientists will analyze them and an alert can be issued in case of any emergency.

The ongoing phase of activity in the Sun is expected to continue till the year 2025. During this period, incidents like solar flare, coronal mass ejection will continue to happen. They also affect the earth. A powerful solar flare could cause a temporary radio blackout on Earth. Can harm our satellites.