Aditya L1: First Earth-bound manoeuvre performed successfully

India's Aditya L1 mission has successfully completed its first Earth-bound manoeuvre. The manoeuvre was performed on September 3, 2023, from the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) facility in Bengaluru. The manoeuvre was to raise the orbit of the Aditya L1 spacecraft. The spacecraft is now in a stable orbit and is on track to reach its final destination, the Sun-Earth L1 point.