Third and final orbit raising manoeuvre of EOS-05 spacecraft successfully completed

Chennai, Sept. 8 -- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully completed the third and final orbit raising manoeuvre of advanced Earth Observation Satellite EOS-05 which was launched using the heavy lift GSLV-F17 rocket on Fridayfrom the spaceport of Sriharikota.

The third operation to raise the apogee of EOS-05 was completed successfully at 8.57 pm yesterday evening (September 7 2026).

The LAM engine was fired for 1,247 seconds and the estimated bit after manouever is 34,903 km x 35,884 km.

The satellite health is normal, ISRO said in an update.

Eighteen minutes after the lift off from the Second Launch Pad in a pre-dawn mission--the first in seven months for ISRO--the 2,367 kg spacecraft--thus far the heaviest payl...