The GSAT‐14 communication satellite, put into orbit by the Geoynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV‐D5), is in good health, and its systems are normal, satellite specialists of the Indian Space Research Organisation said. The ISRO successfully executed the satellite’s first orbit‐raising manoeuvre, giving commands to the satellite’s propulsion system called the Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM). Two more orbit‐raising manoeuvres will put the satellite in its final, circular geo‐stationary orbit, at a height of 36,000 km around the earth.

Source: Hindu

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