September 3, 2023 8:58 PM

ISRO successfully completes first earth-bound manoeuvre to raise orbit of India's maiden solar mission Aditya L1

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully performed the first earth-bound manoeuvre of the country's maiden solar mission, Aditya L1, from its Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network in Bengaluru. In its post on social media platform, the Indian Space Agency said, ISTRAC successfully carried out the Earth bound maneuver on Sunday and the spacecraft has attained a new orbit of 245 kms by 22,459 kms. It added that the satellite is healthy and operating normally.   Th...