XPoSat Launched On January 1 Doing "Very Well": ISRO Chief S Somanath

According to ISRO officials, the spacecraft will be placed in a halo orbit around Lagrange point 1 (L1) of the Sun-Earth system, about 1.5 million km from the Earth.

ISRO chief S Somanath on Friday said the PSLV XPoSat launched on January 1 is doing "very well".

Mr Somanath was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the convocation of the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Hyderabad.

He was conferred the Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by the JNTU during the convocation.