Aditya-L1 Successfully Performs Second Earth Bound Maneuver, Swings 40,000 km Away

Aditya-L1,India's most solar mission to concentrate on the Sun, effectively played out its subsequent Earth-bound move on Tuesday at around 3 p.m., the Indian Space Exploration Association (ISRO) said. The cycle for the satellite's last position at the L1 point will require a progression of unpredictable moves - with the first being performed on Sunday.

The next maneuver is scheduled for September 10 around 2:30 p.m., the space agency said.

Aditya-L1 Was Launched On Saturday

From ISTRAC, Bengaluru, the second Earth-bound maneuver (EBN#2) is carried out successfully. ISTRAC/ISRO's ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, and Port Blair followed the satellite during this activity. The new circle achieved is 282 km x 40225 km," the ISRO composed on X, previously known as Twitter.

Will neither land on the sun nor approach the sun any closer.

On Saturday, Sriharikotahosted the launch of the nation's inaugural solar mission, which carries seven distinct payloads and aims to conduct in-depth research on the moon. Aditya-L1 will be set in a radiance circle around Lagrangian Point 1 (or L1), which is 1.5 million km away from the Earth toward the sun. Covering the distance in four months' time is normal.

India's Second Big Mission After Chandrayaan-3

This is the second big mission after India made history as the Chandrayaan-3 lander module effectively arrived on the moon's South Pole on August 23 - making it the main country to have at any point accomplished it. In general, India turned into the fourth nation - after the US, China, and Russia- to have effectively arrived on the moon's surface.