THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The orbit of Aditya L1 will be raised again at 2.30 am today. Aditya's orbit around the earth is being raised for the third time and will be raised twice more.

Aditya is currently in an elliptical orbit that is 282 km closest to Earth and 40,225 km away. After reaching an altitude of one and a half lakh kilometres, it will move away from the earth. Aditya is hurtling towards Lagrange Point 1 (L1) which is at a distance of 5 lakh km in space. It will observe the sun from there. The term is five years. Aditya was launched on September 2.

Aditya is controlled from Mission Control Centers in Mauritius, Bengaluru and Port Blair in Andaman.