While the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Aditya-L1 spacecraft is on its way towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange’s Point 1 (L1), the space agency has done an assessment of the space situation around L1 to ensure safety of the spacecraft.
Launched on September 2, Aditya-L1 is India’s first mission dedicated to studying the Sun. The spacecraft commenced its journey L1, on September 18 and is expected to reach L1 by January 2024.
Aditya-L1 will operate in a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point, located approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.