Date:14/09/2002 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2002/09/14/stories/2002091404620102.htm

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Orbit raising manoeuvre

New Delhi Sept. 13. The first orbit-raising manoeuvre of the METSAT, country's first dedicated weather satellite launched on Thursday, was successfully completed today, an ISRO release said.

The manoeuvre was highly successful and the intended intermediate orbit had been precisely realised, it added. — PTI