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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens Daniel Wu in South China and Xiqiao for the delivery of clues about the past! CTOnews.com, Sept. 2 (Xinhua)-- shortly after a smooth moon landing, India is gearing up for its next goal: exploring the sun.

11:50 local time, India launched the country's first solar research probe, Helios L1 Sun (Aditya-L1, also known as Helios-L1). The probe will lift off from the launch pad of the Sriharic Tower and will study the sun in detail.

▲ diagram source ISRO, same as below

The Indian space research organization ISRO announced that it will fly 1.5 million kilometers from the earth, which is equivalent to 1% of the distance between the earth and the sun. It will take a total of four months to fly. In the future, it will be sent to the halo orbit of the solar earth system Lagrange point (L1) to detect the sun, from where it will be able to observe the sun without obstacles.

CTOnews.com Note: Aditya is the Hindu sun god, also known as Surya, and L1 represents Lagrangian point 1, the exact location between the sun and the earth flown by Indian spacecraft.

BBC quoted the European Space Agency as saying that the Lagrangian point is a point where the gravitational pull of two large celestial bodies, such as the sun and the earth, counteracts each other, allowing the spacecraft to "hover."

Once the Sun-Earth L1 point Sun reaches this position, it can orbit the sun at the same speed as the Earth. This also means that very little fuel will be needed for the satellite to operate.

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"the next goal after India's successful landing on the moon: the sun."

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