Chennai: The Indian space agency in the wee hours of Tuesday said it had successfully manoeuvred its space-based solar observatory Aditya-L1 to a new orbit.
According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the second earth-bound manoeuvre was performed at 2.45 a.m. Tuesday from its tracking centre in Bengaluru.
The new orbit attained is 282 km x 40,225 km.
ISRO said its ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation.
The next manoeuvre is scheduled for September 10, 2023, around 02:30 hrs, IST, ISRO said.
The Aditya-L1 spacecraft was put into low earth orbit (LEO) Saturday.
The first earth-bound manoeuvre was performed September 3, 2023 and Aditya-L1 was taken to a new orbit of 245km x 22,459 km.
