The Aditya-L1 is first Indian space mission designed to study the Sun.The mission was launched on 2nd September, shortly after success of Chandrayaan 3 soft landing.
Mission Objective
The spacecraft carries seven payloads to observe the photosphere, chromosphere and the outermost layers of the Sun (the corona) using electromagnetic and magnetic field detectors.
TL1 Insertion
As per ISRO’s update on ‘X’ handle, on dated 19th September 2023, the Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) maneuver is performed successfully
In Short, Lagrangian points are where all the gravitational forces acting between two objects cancel each other out and therefore can be used by spacecraft to ‘hover’.