Aditya L1 spacecraft is nearing its final phase: ISRO chief S Somanath
Aditya L1 spacecraft is nearing its final phase, and maneuvers to enter the L1 point are expected to be completed by January 7, 2024, informed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath.
This is India’s first space-based mission to study the Sun.
“Aditya is on the way. I think it has reached almost its final phase,” Somanath told PTI on the sidelines of an event organised at VSSC to celebrate the 60th year of the First Sounding Rocket Launch.
He said that the last preparations for the entry of spacecraft into the L1 point are presently underway incrementally.
“Possibly by January 7th, the final maneuvers will be done for entering into the L1 point,” ISRO chief added. On September 2, Aditya L1 was successfully launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota.
After travelling about 1.5 million km from Earth over 125 days, the spacecraft is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lagrangian point L1, considered closest to the Sun. Also, the spacecraft will capture and transmit pictures of the Sun for scientific experiments.
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