Aditya-L1

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Mission

Heliophysics · L1-point

Aditya L1 is an Indian solar observation satellite to be placed at the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point L1. The major scientific objectives of the mission are to achieve a fundamental understanding of the physical processes that heat the solar corona, accelerate the solar wind and produce Coronal Mass…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
ADITYA-L1 2023-132A Payload orbits the Sun–Earth L1 point
PSLV R/B 2023-132B Rocket body 245 × 16794 km · 19.2° Globe

COSPAR ID 2023-132 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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