Saturday 22 Rabi` al-Awwal 1445 AH – 23:51 – Saturday 7 October 2023 23:51
The Indian Space Agency announced that the Indian probe that was launched towards the solar system to study the sun left the field of influence of Earth’s gravity. The Aditya-L1 mission, which means “the sun” in Hindi, was launched on September 2 on a four-month journey. It carries scientific instruments to monitor the outer layers of the 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 km 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 organization added, “This is the second time in a row that the Indian Space Research Organization has sent a spacecraft outside the sphere of influence of Earth’s gravity, and the first was the Mars Orbiter mission” in 2013 and 2014.
