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What is L-1, specified in the Aditya-L1 observatory?
  • First Sun-Moon Lagrangian point
  • First Moon-Earth Lagrangian point
  • First Space-Earth Lagrangian point
  • First Sun-Earth Lagrangian point
Answer- D

Aditya-L1 is the first Indian space-based observatory to study the Sun from a halo orbit around the first Sun-Earth Lagrangian point (L1), which is located roughly 1.5 million km from the Earth.

The first, second and third earth-bound manoeuvre was successfully performed on September 3, 5 and 10 respectively.