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 Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) maneuvre performed on September 19, 2023.
TCM ensures that the spacecraft is on its intended path towards the Halo orbit insertion around L1.
As Aditya-L1 continues to move ahead, the magnetometer will be turned on again within a few days.
The United State Space Force is putting 1000 mini satellites to help detect ballistic and hypersonic missiles (which will mostly be used against North Korea, China, and Russia). 28 of these satellites are expected to launch (hopefully) by the end of august.
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