India's space ambitions brighten with success of maiden solar mission
Launched in September, Aditya-L1 is expected to be able to view solar activities without the obstruction.
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Launched in September, Aditya-L1 is expected to be able to view solar activities without the obstruction.
Aditya-L1 has seven scientific instruments — four to observe the Sun and three to measure the impacts of solar activity in the vicinity of the spacecraft’s halo orbit. They are expected to provide fresh insights into solar mechanisms and help generate space weather alerts
Aditya was launched from the Sriharikota spaceport on September 2 and the spacecraft has traversed a distance of 1.5 million km from Earth. The final manoeuvre will involve firing a group of thrusters for a short period of time till 4 pm on Saturday. Aditya L1 has 12 thrusters.
Equipped with seven instruments to study the Sun and solar storms, Aditya-L1 aims for a planned five-year mission, leveraging L1's unobstructed view of the Sun.
India News: BENGALURU: Come Saturday and Isro will perform the final manoeuvre to put India’s Aditya-L1 space probe into a halo orbit, the solar space observatory.