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8 months ago
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India's Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational 'Island'

The first Lagrange point, or L1, is a region of stability between Earth and the sun where spacecraft can orbit without expending much fuel.
Aditya-L1, India's solar probe, has already begun observing the sun from its current location near L1 and will enter a halo orbit around L1 in January. [ more ]
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8 months ago
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India's Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational 'Island'

The first Lagrange point, or L1, is a region of stability between Earth and the sun where spacecraft can orbit without expending much fuel.
Aditya-L1, India's solar probe, has already begun observing the sun from its current location near L1 and will enter a halo orbit around L1 in January. [ more ]
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8 months ago
OMG science

India's Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational 'Island'

The first Lagrange point, or L1, is a region of stability between Earth and the sun where spacecraft can orbit without expending much fuel.
Aditya-L1, India's solar probe, has already begun observing the sun from its current location near L1 and will enter a halo orbit around L1 in January. [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
8 months ago
OMG science

India's Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational 'Island'

The first Lagrange point, or L1, is a region of stability between Earth and the sun where spacecraft can orbit without expending much fuel.
Aditya-L1, India's solar probe, has already begun observing the sun from its current location near L1 and will enter a halo orbit around L1 in January. [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
8 months ago
OMG science

India's Aditya-L1 Space Probe Heads for Gravitational 'Island'

The first Lagrange point, or L1, is a region of stability between Earth and the sun where spacecraft can orbit without expending much fuel.
Aditya-L1, India's solar probe, has already begun observing the sun from its current location near L1 and will enter a halo orbit around L1 in January. [ more ]
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