INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
BENGALURU: Early on Sunday, scientists from the Isro Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (Istrac) implemented the third Earth-bound
happened at 2.30am, Isro said: "Ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, SDSC-SHAR (Sriharikota) and Port Blair tracked the satellite during
this operation."The spacecraft is now in an orbit of 296km x 71,767km and the next Earth-bound manoeuvre is scheduled for 2am on September
Including the September 15 manoeuvre, Aditya-L1 will have two more such manoeuvres, being carried out for the spacecraft to gain the
It is a location in space where the gravitational forces of two celestial bodies, such as the Sun and Earth, are in equilibrium
This allows an object placed there to remain relatively stable with respect to both celestial bodies.Upon arrival at the L1 point, another
manoeuvre binds Aditya-L1 to an orbit around L1, where the satellite will spend its whole mission life orbiting around L1 in an irregularly
images of Earth and Moon and some selfiesEarlier, on Tuesday, Istrac scientists had successfully implemented the second Earth-bound
manoeuvre of Aditya-L1 and put the spacecraft in an orbit of 282km x 40,225km.Istrac/Isro ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru and Port
Blair tracked the satellite during the second Earth-bound operation.On September 3, a day after Aditya-L1 was launched, Isro had completed
the first Earth-bound manoeuvre and put the spacecraft in an orbit of 245km x 22,459km,.Aditya-L1 is a satellite dedicated to the
comprehensive study of the Sun
Aditya-L1, Isro will venture into the study of solar activities and its effect on space weather
The scientific objectives of Aditya-L1 include the study of coronal heating, solar wind acceleration, coronal mass ejections (CMEs),
dynamics of solar atmosphere and temperature anisotropy.Earth, Moon - SelfieLast week, Aditya-L1 took some great pictures while it went
spectroscopy studies and Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) for Photosphere and Chromosphere imaging (narrow - broadband), are seen
In the other photograph, the onboard camera shows Earth from up close and Moon far away.
