ISRO’s Aditya L1 successfully performs 2nd earth-bound manoeuvre
The second earth-bound manoeuvre was successfully completed by the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India's maiden solar mission, the indian space research organisation (ISRO) said on Tuesday. The second Earth-bound maneuvre (EBN#2) for the Aditya-L1 mission was successfully carried out from ISTRAC in Bengaluru.
During this operation, the satellite was tracked by ISTRAC/ISRO ground stations in Mauritius, Bengaluru, and Port Blair. The new orbit obtained measures 282 km by 40225 km, according to a tweet made by isro on the social media platform 'X' early on Tuesday. "The next manoeuvre (EBN#3) is scheduled for september 10, around 02:30 Hrs. IST," said ISRO.
The isro launched Aditya-L1 on saturday from the satish dhawan space centre in Sriharikota, the nation's first solar mission, following Chandrayaan-3's successful landing close to the South Pole of the moon. In order to conduct a thorough study of the sun, it carried seven separate payloads, four of which will measure in-situ plasma and magnetic field characteristics, while the other three will measure solar light.
Lagrangian Point 1 (L1), which is 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth in the direction of the sun, will be the object of Aditya-L1's halo orbit. The anticipated time for completion is four months.Aditya-L1 will maintain a distance of 1.5 million kilometres (1%) of the distance between the Earth and the sun from the planet. It will be pointed towards the direction of the Sun. Aditya-L1 would investigate the Sun's outer atmosphere since the sun is a massive disc of gas. isro said Aditya-L1 will neither land on the sun nor approach the sun any closer.
Lagrangian Point 1 (L1), which is 1.5 million kilometres from the Earth in the direction of the sun, will be the object of Aditya-L1's halo orbit. The anticipated time for completion is four months.Aditya-L1 will maintain a distance of 1.5 million kilometres (1%) of the distance between the Earth and the sun from the planet. It will be pointed towards the direction of the Sun. Aditya-L1 would investigate the Sun's outer atmosphere since the sun is a massive disc of gas. isro said Aditya-L1 will neither land on the sun nor approach the sun any closer.
Aditya-L1 will be able to constantly watch the sun from this advantageous position without being constrained by eclipses or occultation, enabling researchers to track solar activity and its effects on space weather in real time. The data from the spacecraft will also contribute to a fuller understanding of space weather factors and help pinpoint the series of processes that lead to solar eruptive events.
The study of the physics of the solar corona and its heating mechanism, the acceleration of the solar wind, the coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, the distribution and temperature anisotropy of the solar wind, and the origin of CMEs, flares, and near-Earth space weather are some of the main goals of India's solar mission.
The study of the physics of the solar corona and its heating mechanism, the acceleration of the solar wind, the coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, the distribution and temperature anisotropy of the solar wind, and the origin of CMEs, flares, and near-Earth space weather are some of the main goals of India's solar mission.