The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Sunday that Aditya-L1, the countrys first solar mission, is healthy and operating nominally.ISRO posted on X (Twitter) which wrote, “The first Earth-bound manoeuvre (EBN#1) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. The new orbit attained is 245km x 22459 km. The next manoeuvre (EBN#2) is scheduled for September 5, 2023, around 03:00 Hrs. IST.”Aditya-L1 Mission:The satellite is healthy and operating nominally.The first Earth-bound maneuvre (EBN#1) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. The new orbit attained is 245km x 22459 km.The next maneuvre (EBN#2) is scheduled for September 5, 2023, around 03:00… pic.twitter.com/sYxFzJF5Oq— ISRO (@isro) September 3, 2023 The historic mission was successfully launched on Saturday from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. According to the ISRO, Aditya-L1 is the first space-based observatory to study the sun. After traveling approximately 15 lakh kilometres from Earth over 125 days, the spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrange point L1, which is about 1% of the Earth-Sun distance.More on the Lagrange pointThere are five Lagrange points between the earth and the sun where a small object would stay if put there. It has been named after the Italian-French mathematician Joseph-Louis Lagrange.At a Lagrange point, the gravitational pull of the Earth and the sun equals the centripetal force needed for a small object to move with them.Details about Aditya L1Using onboard propulsion, the spacecraft would be directed toward the Lagrange L1 point so that it could cruise there after leaving Earths gravitational sphere. Later, it would be launched into a huge halo orbit near the Suns L1 point.According to ISRO, the Aditya-L1 Mission would take roughly four months to complete its journey, starting from the launch to the L1 point. ISRO cited that the main purpose of this mission is to study the radiation emitted from the Suns wavelengths, as well as a variety of energetic particles and magnetic fields.The Earths atmosphere and magnetic field function as a shield to deflect hazardous wavelength radiation. Solar investigations are conducted from space to find the reason behind this occurrence.Moreover, it also tries to understand Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration, the start of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), near-Earth space weather, and how the distribution of solar wind works.
