The Indian Space Agency announced the day before yesterday that the Indian probe, which was launched into the solar system to study the sun, had left the field of influence of Earth’s gravity.
The Aditya-L1 mission, which means sun in Hindi, was launched on September 2nd on a four-month journey. It carries scientific instruments to monitor the outer layers of the solar system.
The Indian Space Research Organization said in a statement, “The probe has left the field of influence of Earth’s gravity.”
The probe has traveled a distance of 920,000 kilometers since its takeoff, that is, more than half the way to its destination.
At this stage, the gravitational forces of the Earth and the Sun cancel each other out, allowing the probe to remain in a stable orbit.
The organization added, “This is the second time that the Indian Space Research Organization has sent a spacecraft outside the sphere of influence of Earth’s gravity. The first was the Mars Orbiter mission in 2013-2014.
Japan and China have launched their own solar monitoring missions, but in Earth orbit.
If the Indian organization’s new mission succeeds, the probe will be the first to be placed in orbit around the sun by an Asian country.
