The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully performed the Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) at around 2 am, marking the commencement of the spacecraft’s 110-day journey to L1.
Aditya-L1, India’s first space-based mission to study the sun, on Tuesday, left earth-bound orbits to enter its trajectory towards Lagrange point 1 (L1) from where it will observe the sun.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) successfully performed the Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) at around 2 am, marking the commencement of the spacecraft’s 110-day journey to L1.
“Off to Sun-Earth L1 point! The Trans-Lagrangian Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre is performed successfully. The spacecraft is now on a trajectory that will take it to the Sun-Earth L1 point. It will be injected into an orbit around L1 through a manoeuvre after about 110 days. This is the fifth consecutive time ISRO has successfully transferred an object on a trajectory toward another celestial body or location in space,” Isro said.
Aditya-L1 Mission:
The fourth Earth-bound maneuvre (EBN#4) is performed successfully.ISRO’s ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru, SDSC-SHAR and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation, while a transportable terminal currently stationed in the Fiji islands for… pic.twitter.com/cPfsF5GIk5
— ISRO (@isro) September 14, 2023
