ISRO's Aditya L1 successfully performs 3rd earth-bound manoeuvre; fourth to take place on This date
Aditya L1 Mission: Aditya-L1, India's first solar mission, has successfully performed the third earth-bound manoeuvre, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Sunday. The new orbit attained by the satellite is 296km x 71767 km. A total of five such orbit manoeuvring will be performed during the satellite's revolution around the Earth of which three have been successfully performed.
In a post on X, the space agency wrote, “The third Earth-bound manoeuvre (EBN#3) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. ISRO's ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, SDSC-SHAR and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation. The new orbit attained is 296 km x 71767 km." “The next manoeuvre (EBN#4) is scheduled for September 15, 2023, around 02:00 Hrs.
IST," ISRO said. Earlier, the second earth-bound manoeuvre was successfully performed on September 5, attaining an orbit of 282 km x 40225 km while the 1st was performed on 3 September. An orbital manoeuvre, also called as burn, is a regular protocol during a spaceflight.
During this exercise, the orbit of the satellite or spacecraft, is increased by using propulsion systems. This process will include rockets firing and also adjustment of angles. To understand the process, take the example of a person on a swing.
To make the swing go higher, a pressure is applied when the swing is coming down towards the ground. Similarly, once Aditya L1 will gain enough velocity, it will slingshot around to its intended path towards L1. Meanwhile, after the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 near the South pole of the moon, ISRO had launched the country's maiden solar mission -- Aditya-L1 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on September 2.
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