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ISRO’s Sun Mission, Aditya-L1, Performs Its 1st Earth-Bound Manoeuvre

September 3, 2023 admin

The space agency also said the satellite is healthy and operating nominally. Bengaluru: ISRO on Sunday said it has successfully performed the first earth-bound manoeuvre of the country’s maiden solar mission, Aditya L1, from ISTRAC in Bengaluru. The space agency also said the satellite is healthy and operating nominally. The next manoeuvre is scheduled for…

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ISRO conducts first Earth-bound manoeuvre of Aditya-L1

September 3, 2023 admin

ISRO said the satellite is healthy and operating nominally. | Photo Credit: X/@isro A day after India’s first solar observatory mission which was launched, the first Earth-bound firing to raise the orbit of the Aditya-L1, was performed on Sunday. The ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network Work (ISTRAC) in Bengaluru performed the manoeuvre. The space agency said the…

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VELC payload aboard Aditya-L1 will send 1,440 images of sun in a day

August 30, 2023 admin

The rehearsal for the launch of the PSLV-C57/Aditya-L1 Mission, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the sun, is completed, in Sriharikota on August 30. | Photo Credit: ANI Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), the primary payload on board India’s first dedicated scientific mission to study the sun, Aditya-L1, will be sending 1,440 images of…

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