Solar mission Aditya L 1 successfully undergoes second Earth-bound maneuvre: ISRO

By  India Blooms News Service   Sep 05, 2023

The Indian Space Research Organisation on Tuesday said its mission to study the Sun-Aditya L1- has successfully undergone the second Earth-bound maneuvre.

The Indian space organisation posted on X: The second Earth-bound maneuvre (EBN#2) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru.

Aditya-L1 Mission: The second Earth-bound maneuvre (EBN#2) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. ISTRAC/ISROs 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 next pic.twitter.com/GFdqlbNmWg

ISTRAC/ISROs ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation, ISRO said. The new orbit attained is 282 km x 40225 km, the space organisation said.

ISRO said the next maneuvre (EBN#3) is scheduled to take place on September 10, around 02:30 hrs. IST.

ISRO successfully launched its maiden solar mission Aditya L-1 from Sriharikota on September 2.

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Aditya-L1 was been launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, days after Indias lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, successfully landed on the Moon.

It will approximately take 125 days to reach the Sun.