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BENGALURU: Early Sunday, scientists from the Isro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (Istrac) implemented the third Earth-bound manoeuvre of Aditya-L1, this is India’s first solar space observatory mission launched on September 2.
The spacecraft is now in an orbit of 296km x 71,767km and the next Earth-bound manoeuvre is scheduled for 2am on September 15.
Stating that Sunday’s manoeuvre took place at 2.30am, Isro said: “Groundstations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, SDSC-SHAR (Sriharikota) and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation.”
AfterSeptember 15 manoeuvre, it swill have one more Earth-bound manoeuvre, being carried out for the spacecraft to gain the necessary velocity for its journey to reach L1, which is about 1.5 million km from earth.
Once the Earth-bound manoeuvres are complete by the 16th day from the launch date Aditya-L1 will undergo a Trans-Lagrangian1 Insertion (TLI) manoeuvre, marking the beginning of its 110-day trajectory to L1.
Upon arrival at the L1 point, another manoeuvre binds Aditya-L1 to an orbit around L1, where the satellite will spend its mission orbiting around it.
The spacecraft is now in an orbit of 296km x 71,767km and the next Earth-bound manoeuvre is scheduled for 2am on September 15.
Stating that Sunday’s manoeuvre took place at 2.30am, Isro said: “Groundstations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, SDSC-SHAR (Sriharikota) and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation.”
AfterSeptember 15 manoeuvre, it swill have one more Earth-bound manoeuvre, being carried out for the spacecraft to gain the necessary velocity for its journey to reach L1, which is about 1.5 million km from earth.
Once the Earth-bound manoeuvres are complete by the 16th day from the launch date Aditya-L1 will undergo a Trans-Lagrangian1 Insertion (TLI) manoeuvre, marking the beginning of its 110-day trajectory to L1.
Upon arrival at the L1 point, another manoeuvre binds Aditya-L1 to an orbit around L1, where the satellite will spend its mission orbiting around it.
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