Today, ISRO has achieved another milestone as the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, launched by ISRO on September 2, has successfully completed its first earth-bound maneuver. Aditya-L1's first Earth-bound ManoevreAs informed by ISRO on the X platform, the Aditya-L1 has successfully performed the first Earth-bound maneuver from ISTRAC. Aditya- L1 MissionAditya-L1, India's ambitious solar mission, was launched from Sriharikota with the primary goal of studying the outer atmosphere of our Sun. The primary objectives of India's solar mission include gaining insights into the physics of the solar corona, understanding the mechanism behind its heating, studying solar wind acceleration, and investigating the dynamics of the solar atmosphere. Additionally, the mission aims to explore solar wind distribution, temperature anisotropy, the origin of Coronal Mass Ejections (CME), flares, and their impact on near-earth space weather.

Source: Hindustan Times September 04, 2023 14:30 UTC