This mission has travelled 15 Lac kilometres from the earth to reach Lagrange Point 1 - and the craft can easily look at the sun. Why L1 point? L1 point has been chosen by the scientists because ...

Visualization of the Sun-Earth Lagrange points. Orbital mechanics is a fun subject, as it involves a lot of seemingly empty space that’s nevertheless full of very real forces, all of which must ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Tuesday that Aditya-L1 has completed its first halo orbit around the Sun-Earth Lagrangian point 1 (L1). The spacecraft, inserted into ...

Among the performers are the Lagrange Points – cosmic positions shaped by the gravitational interplay between two massive actors, like the Sun and Earth. These points give rise to amplified ...