BY -Srushti sharma
Aditya-L1, India's first solar observatory, started its 110-day trek to the Sun-Earth system's Lagrange Point-1 after ISRO successfully completed the trans- Lagrangean Point insertion
Successful completion of the Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre. The spacecraft is currently travelling towards the Sun-Earth L1 point
The space agency also acknowledged that ISRO has successfully transported an object on a trajectory towards a different celestial body or place in space five times in a row
Lagrange Points, according to NASA, are locations in space where the Sun and Earth's gravitational pull produces stronger zones of attraction and repulsion
These can be employed by spacecraft as 'parking places' in orbit to maintain a constant location while using little fuel, according to a NASA document
The Aditya-L1 spacecraft, the nation's first attempt to study the Sun, was launched on September 2 by the Indian space agency from the Sriharikota spaceport
Following the launch, a number of manoeuvres were carried out on Earth to make sure the craft would have enough velocity to begin its 125-day mission
The spaceship was ultimately released from Earth's orbit on Tuesday so it could travel to its destination
The space agency will perform one last manoeuvre to bond the ship before deploying it at L1, where it will spend at least the next five years researching the Sun