ISRO's Aditya L-1 Solar Mission Spacecraft Performs Key Move To Stay On Intended Path

The manoeuvre was needed to correct the trajectory evaluated after tracking the Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre performed on September 19, said ISRO.

Aditya-L1 spacecraft which is carrying out India's first solar mission last Friday performed a trajectory correction manoeuvre (TCM), for about 16 seconds, ISRO said on Sunday. Aditya-L1 Mission:The Spacecraft is healthy and on its way to Sun-Earth L1.A Trajectory Correction Maneuvre (TCM), originally provisioned, was performed on October 6, 2023, for about 16 s. It was needed to correct the trajectory evaluated after tracking the Trans-Lagrangean…

ISRO, in its X timeline, wrote that the manoeuvre was needed to correct the trajectory evaluated after tracking the Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre performed on September 19.

"TCM ensures that the spacecraft is on its intended path towards the Halo orbit insertion around L1 (its destination). As Aditya-L1 continues to move ahead, the magnetometer will be turned on again within a few days," ISRO wrote on X.