Aditya L1 reaches Halo-Orbit. ‘From Moon walk to Sun Dance…’ Leaders hails ISRO’s first Sun mission

ISRO’s inaugural solar mission Aditya L1 has accomplished its journey to the vicinity of the sun, reaching the Halo Orbit. In a tweet, ISRO announced the achievement, stating, “India, my objective has been achieved! Aditya-L1 has effectively entered the Halo orbit surrounding the L1 point.” On Saturday, January 6th, ISRO executed the final maneuver to place Aditya-L1–India’s maiden sun-focused observatory in space–into its designated orbit, approximately 1.5 million kilometers away from our planet.

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