{"id":487888,"date":"2023-09-10T17:51:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T12:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=487888"},"modified":"2023-09-10T17:51:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T12:21:50","slug":"isro-aditya-l1-earth-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/science\/isro-aditya-l1-earth-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Aditya L1 successfully undergoes third earth-bound manoeuvre, fourth to take place on September 15: ISRO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

India\u2019s first solar mission, the Aditya L1 spacecraft, successfully underwent its third earth-bound orbit raising manoeuvre on Sunday, the Indian Space Research Organisation said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Telemetry, Tracking, and Command Network (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru oversaw the orbit-raising manoeuvre, with Mauritius, Bengaluru, and Port Blair ground stations tracking the satellite during the critical operation. India’s first solar mission is now one step closer to its ultimate destination after this successful manoeuvre, with the satellite’s new orbit at 296 km x 71767 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISRO shared this picture on its official Instagram page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has scheduled the next manoeuvre for September 15 at around 2 am. The mission to study the sun, which is part of ISRO’s ambitious plans, was launched successfully on September 2 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Aditya-L1 spacecraft has already completed two orbital manoeuvres around the Earth and is set to perform one more before being placed in transfer orbit towards the Lagrange point L1. It is expected to reach its destination after 125 days. Earlier, the Aditya-L1 satellite shared a breathtaking image of the Earth and the Moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n