
The apogee raise maneuver of IRNSS-1E has been successfully carried out for 1197 sec (~20 min) from 09:41 hrs IST on Jan 21, 2016. This LAM firing is expected to change apogee X perigee height to 35882kmX320 km
Jan 23, 2016
IRNSS 1E Update: The perigee raise maneuver has been successfully carried out for 1515.36 sec (~25.5 min) from 01:29 hrs IST on Jan 22,2016.
Orbit Determination results from this LAM firing are: apogee X perigee height was changed to 35819 kmX 7330 km. Inclination changed from 19.2 to 24.07 deg. Orbital period is 12hr 55min 11sec.
Jan 23, 2016
IRNSS 1E Update:
The third orbit raising operation has been successfully carried out by firing the LAM engine for 1507 sec (~25 min) from 03:19 hrs IST on Jan 23, 2016.
The Orbit Determination results from this LAM firing are:
apogee X perigee height was changed to 35827km X 24618 km. Inclination changed to 27.35 deg. Orbital period is 19hr 21min 27sec.
Jan 24, 2016
IRNSS 1E Update:
The fourth and final orbit raising operation has been successfully carried out for 447 sec (~7.45 min) from 22:49 hrs IST on Jan 23, 2016.
The Orbit Determination results from this LAM engine firing are:
apogee X perigee height was changed to 35827km X 35353 km, Inclination changed to 28.07 deg. Orbital period is 23hr 46min.