Highlights: Isro's Aditya- L1 satellite to reach destination orbit L1 soon

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Isro Aditya -L1 highlights: The Aditya-L1 satellite, India's first space-based solar observatory,  will reach its destination orbit on January 6 at 4 pm,  the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

Aditya-L1 lifted off on September 2 from Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Between September 3 and September 15, Bengaluru's ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC)  guided the spacecraft through four Earth-bound maneuvers. On September 19th, Aditya-L1 embarked on its final 110-day journey towards its designated observation point near the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 (L1).

"Aditya-L1 is going to reach its L1 point on January 6 and we are going to do the final manoeuvre to keep it there," the Isro chief said, on the sidelines of the successful launch of XPoSat mission to study black holes.

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Aditya L-1 satellite to enter ‘halo orbit’ around Lagrange Point 1

The Aditya L-1 space observatory will enter ‘halo orbit’ around the Lagrange Point 1 (L1) tomorrow.  Lagrange points are one of the five spots in the Sun-Earth system, where the gravitational impact of the two bodies balances each other.

 

These spots provide  a relatively stable location for a spacecraft to view the Sun. 

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Isro Aditya L-1: ISTRAC to perform manoeuvre to bind Aditya-L1 orbit around L1

Scientists and engineers from the Mission Operations Complex of ISTRAC will execute the crucial manoeuvre which will bind Aditya-L1 to an orbit around L1 tomorrow at around 4 pm.

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Aditya-L1 has executed 4 earth-bound manoeuvres, and a Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre

 

 

Isro's sun observatory has undergone four earth-bound manoeuvres and a Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre till now, all successfully

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India's maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1, set to reach destination L1 point on January 6

Space agency Isro said that the Aditya-L1 satellite, India's first space-based solar observatory, will reach its destination orbit on January 6 at 4 pm. Aditya-L1 lifted off on September 2 from Sriharikota's Satish Dhawan Space Centre.