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In the month after its launch on 1 July<\/a>,\u00a0Euclid<\/a>\u00a0has travelled 1.5 million kilometres from Earth towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2, meaning it has \u2018arrived\u2019 at its destination orbit.<\/p>\n This animation showcases the orbits of Euclid (green), the James Webb Space Telescope (blue), and the Gaia mission (yellow) around this unique position in space. The positions of the spacecraft in this animation don\u2019t correspond to their current positions in space.<\/p>\n Located about 1.5 million kilometres from Earth in the opposite direction from the Sun, L2 is about four times further away than our Moon. Several other space missions like\u00a0Webb<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Gaia<\/a>\u00a0also orbit L2 as it offers the perfect vantage point to study the Universe.<\/p>\n At L2, the spacecraft can keep the Sun, Earth and Moon behind them at all times, so they don\u2019t interfere with observations, while at the same time getting a clear view of deep space and pointing an antenna back to Earth to remain in close communication.<\/p>\n