Aditya-L1, India’s first solar observatory mission successfully performed its second Earth-bound manoeuvre during the early hours on Tuesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
Aditya-L1 Mission Successfully Launched On September 2 From Sriharikota
“The second Earth-bound maneuvre (EBN#2) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. ISTRAC/ISRO’s ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation. The new orbit attained is 282 km x 40225 km,” the ISRO wrote on X platform.
The next manoeuvre is scheduled for September 10 around 2:30 pm, the ISRO said. Aditya-L1 will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrangian Point 1 (or L1), which is 1.5 million km away from the Earth in the direction of the Sun.
According to the space agency, Aditya-L1 will neither land on the Sun nor approach the Sun any closer. While the first space-based Indian mission to study the Sun is expected to provide data for the next five years, experts believe that there is a possibility it may go on for another 10 or 15 years.
