The second Earth-bound manoeuvre of the Aditya L-1 mission to study the Sun has been is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru.

“Aditya-L1 Mission: The second Earth-bound manoeuvre (EBN#2) is performed successfully from ISTRAC, Bengaluru. ISTRAC/ISRO’s ground stations at Mauritius, Bengaluru and Port Blair tracked the satellite during this operation. The new orbit attained is 282 km x 40225 km ,” the ISRO posted on X on Tuesday.

The space agency further said that the next manoeuvre is scheduled for September 10 at around 02:30 hours (IST).

The first earth-bound manoeuvre was successfully performed on September 3.

The spacecraft will undergo two more earth-bound orbital manoeuvres before placing in the transfer orbit towards the Lagrange point L1. After 127 days, Aditya-L1 is expected to reach the intended orbit at the L1 point.