<p>The country's latest communication satellite GSAT-16 is near its space home as all the three orbit raising manoeuvres were successfully completed today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Indian Space Research Organisation said the three Apogee Manoeuvre Firings of GSAT-16 had been successfully completed and it was in the final orbital configuration.<br /><br />"Deployment of the solar panels and the reflectors have been successfully completed. The satellite is in the final orbital configuration, ready to be steered to its designated position - 55 deg East," ISRO said on its Facebook page.<br /><br />After conducting two successful orbit raising manoeuvres for two consecutive days, ISRO today performed the third orbit raising operation by firing the Apogee Motor for 289.44 seconds, at 11:15 hrs (IST).<br /><br />The satellite will be placed in the Geostationary Orbit by December 12. Subsequently, its communication transponders will be switched on for in-orbit testing.<br /><br />GSAT-16 will boost public and private TV and radio services, as well as large-scale Internet and telephone operations.<br /><br />Boosting India's communication services, GSAT-16 was successfully launched on board Arianespace rocket from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana in the early hours of Sunday last, after a delay of two days due to bad weather.</p>
<p>The country's latest communication satellite GSAT-16 is near its space home as all the three orbit raising manoeuvres were successfully completed today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Indian Space Research Organisation said the three Apogee Manoeuvre Firings of GSAT-16 had been successfully completed and it was in the final orbital configuration.<br /><br />"Deployment of the solar panels and the reflectors have been successfully completed. The satellite is in the final orbital configuration, ready to be steered to its designated position - 55 deg East," ISRO said on its Facebook page.<br /><br />After conducting two successful orbit raising manoeuvres for two consecutive days, ISRO today performed the third orbit raising operation by firing the Apogee Motor for 289.44 seconds, at 11:15 hrs (IST).<br /><br />The satellite will be placed in the Geostationary Orbit by December 12. Subsequently, its communication transponders will be switched on for in-orbit testing.<br /><br />GSAT-16 will boost public and private TV and radio services, as well as large-scale Internet and telephone operations.<br /><br />Boosting India's communication services, GSAT-16 was successfully launched on board Arianespace rocket from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana in the early hours of Sunday last, after a delay of two days due to bad weather.</p>