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ISRO's GSAT-8 satellite with GAGAN payload placed in position

ISRO's GSAT-8 communications satellite that carries the GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system has been successfully positioned, according to senior Airports Authority of India officials.
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Orbit of GSAT-8 satellite raised further

In the second orbit-raising manoeuvre, the Liquid Apogee Motor on board India's advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 was fired for nearly 36 minutes today by commanding the satellite from ISRO's Master Control Facility, Hassan.
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Indian satellite's orbit raised

The first critical manoeuvre of raising the position of India's advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 in the geo-synchronous transfer orbit was carried out successfully early Sunday by the master control facility (MCF) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
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India's latest communication satellite GSAT-8 was on Saturday successfully launched by Arianespace from Kourou in French Guiana to give a boost to direct-to-home services in the country.
GSAT-8 was injected into space by European launcher Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket which lifted-off at 02.08 am (IST), with Japan's ST-2 spacecraft as co-passenger.
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Indian Satellite GSAT-8 Successfully Launched







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Ariane 5's third launch of 2011
 
An Ariane 5 launcher lifted off this evening from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites, ST-2 and GSAT-8, into their planned transfer orbits. Flight VA202 was the third Ariane 5 launch of 2011.
Liftoff of the 58th Ariane 5 mission came at 22:38 CEST (20:38 GMT; 17:38 French Guiana). The target injection orbit had a perigee altitude of 249 km, an apogee altitude at injection of 35 947 km and an inclination of 2.5º.
The satellites were accurately injected into their transfer orbits about 27 minutes and 31 minutes after liftoff, respectively.
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GSAT 8 Satellite Separation

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Sylda Separation

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ST-2 Satellite Separation

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The Libreville tracking station in Africa has acquired the Ariane 5 rocket.

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Lift-Off of the Ariane 5 rocket carrying the ST-2 and GSAT-8 satellites



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