April 16, 2018: The Indian Space Research Organisation successfully carried out its fourth and final orbit raising operation of IRNSS-1I navigation satellite at around 21:05hrs tonight.
The targeted perigee height is 35,381 km and apogee height is 35,793 km. The third orbit raising operation of the satellite was successfully carried out last night.
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, IRNSS-1I is the eighth and the last navigation satellite in the constellation.
It is designed indigenously to provide accurate position information service to the users in India. The Polar Satellite Launch vehicle PSLV-C41 had successfully launched the satellite from Sriharikota last Thursday. (AIR News)
