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India’s Aditya-L1 solar observatory enters orbit around Lagrange point

Launch of the Aditya-L1 solar observatory on a PSLV from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sept. 2, 2023. Credit: ISRO HELSINKI — India’s Aditya-L1 solar observatory has reached its destination orbit ...
WDRB

Lagrange Points: An Orbital Parking Spot for Satellites

Satellites and instruments placed at Lagrange points remain in a stable position because the gravitational forces from the Earth and sun balance each other, requiring only minimal energy for ...
The Conversation

Asteroid sharing Earth’s orbit discovered – could it help future space missions?

David Rothery is Professor of Planetary Geosciences at the Open University. He is co-leader of the European Space Agency's Mercury Surface and Composition Working Group, and a Co-Investigator on MIXS ...
WTVD

NASA's most powerful telescope successfully reaches destination in orbit around the Sun

The James Webb Space Telescope has reached its final destination, almost a month after launch. Since lifting off from French Guiana on December 25, the telescope has unfurled its tennis court-size ...
The Next Web

Astronomers discovered a new asteroid sharing Earth’s orbit – here’s why it matters

Research has shown that the Earth trails an asteroid barely a kilometer across in its orbit about the Sun – only the second such body to have ever been spotted. It goes around the Sun on average two ...
SpaceNews

A Chinese spacecraft is testing out a new orbit around the moon

The Earth and moon viewed by Chang'e 5 from Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 in April 2021. Credit: CNSA/CLEP HELSINKI — A spacecraft involved in China’s 2020 Chang’e-5 lunar sample-return mission is now in ...