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    In celestial mechanics, the Lagrange points (/ləˈɡrɑːndʒ/; also Lagrangian points or libration points) are points of equilibrium for small-mass objects...
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    purpose the Vigil mission will place for the first time a spacecraft at Sun-Earth Lagrange point 5 (L5) from where it would get a 'side' view of the Sun...
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    (/aːd̪it̪jə/) (from Sanskrit: Aditya, "Sun" and L1, "Lagrange point 1") is a coronagraphy spacecraft for studying the solar atmosphere, designed and developed...
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  • thrusters are needed for fine control maneuvers. For spacecraft in a halo orbit around a Lagrange point, station-keeping is even more fundamental, as such...
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    Deep Space Climate Observatory (category Artificial satellites at Earth-Sun Lagrange points)
    DSCOVR was originally proposed as an Earth observation spacecraft positioned at the Sun-Earth L1 Lagrange point, providing live video of the sunlit side of...
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    in late 2024 NEO Surveyor SWFO-L1 Vigil (ESA). One spacecraft in L1 and one in L5. L2 is the Lagrange point located approximately 1.5 million kilometers...
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    Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) is a future spacecraft mission planned to monitor signs of solar storms, which may pose harm to Earth's telecommunication...
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    associated with one of the L1, L2 or L3 Lagrange points in the three-body problem of orbital mechanics. Although a Lagrange point is just a point in empty space...
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    International Cometary Explorer (category Artificial satellites at Earth-Sun Lagrange points)
    was the first spacecraft to be placed in a halo orbit at the L1 Earth-Sun Lagrange point. Renamed ICE, it became the first spacecraft to visit a comet...
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    Sun–Earth Lagrange point L2 located approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, arriving there 8 January 2014. The L2 point provides the spacecraft with...
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