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Speaking
to reporters on the sidelines of the second
meeting of the international committee on
global navigation satellite systems (ICG)
in Bangalore, he said, ‘‘Tomorrow
we will carry out the first orbit rising
process and within a month the satellite
will be operational.''
Meanwhile,
the first orbit raising manoeuvre of Insat-4CR,
was carried out by firing the 440 Newton
Liquid Apogee Motor on board the satellite
for a duration of 27 minutes by commanding
the satellite from Master Control Facility
(MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka.
With
this operation, the perigee (nearest point
to earth) of Insat-4CR has been raised to
2983 km and apogee, the farthest point to
earth to 31,702 km. The inclination of the
orbit with respect to the equatorial plane
has been reduced to 11.1 degree.
All
systems on board the satellite are functioning
normally, states an official release.
Insat-4CR
carries 12 high-power Ku-band transponders
designed to provide Direct-To-home (DTH)
television services, Video Picture Transmission
(VPT) and Digital Satellite News Gathering
(DSNG).
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