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ISRO elevates Aditya L1 to Earth orbit 40,000 km away

Aditya L1, India's first space-based Sun observatory, has completed its second orbital adjustment, now revolving in an elliptical orbit measuring 282 km at its closest point and 40,225 km at its farthest around the Earth, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. This crucial manoeuvre helps Aditya L1 gain velocity for its four-month-long journey for Lagrange point 1 (L1) in the Sun-Earth system, approximately 1.5 million kilometres from Earth.