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‘First earth-bound manoeuvre of Aditya L1 performed successfully’
Updated On: 04 September, 2023 07:52 AM IST | Bengaluru | Agencies
The mission aims to study the outer atmosphere of the sun by placing India’s first solar observatory at the Sun-Earth L1 point. L1 stands for Lagrange point 1, where the spacecraft will be stationed
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The PSLV-C57 rocket carrying ‘Aditya-L1’, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota on September 2. Pic/PTI
ISRO on Sunday said it has successfully performed the first earth-bound manoeuvre of the country’s maiden solar mission, Aditya L1, from ISTRAC here.
The space agency also said the satellite is healthy and operating nominally. The next manoeuvre is scheduled for September 5, 2023, around 03:00 Hrs. IST “Aditya-L1 Mission: The satellite is healthy and operating nominally. The first Earth-bound manoeuvre (EBN#1) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. The new orbit attained is 245km x 22459 km. The next manoeuvre (EBN#2) is scheduled for September 5, 2023, around 03:00 Hrs. IST,” ISRO said in an update on ‘X’, formerly Twitter.
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