Chandrayaan-1 : 3rd raise

Ø Earth Orbit4 - 300 x 387000 km - Lunar Transfer Trajectory - Trans Lunar Injection – 26-Oct-2008

- The 3rd orbit raising happened on 26-Oct-2008. Chandrayaan has now entered deep space and is 164,600-km from earth at its furthest point (apogee). Chandrayaan will now take 73 hours to go around the earth once.

- Sify.com was the first to report the exercise involved firing its 440 Newton liquid engine, lasting 9.5 minutes

- The next orbit raising activity is scheduled for October 29 when Chandrayaan will be raised to a distance of 265,000 km from the earth