Chandrayaan-1 - 4th raise

- PTI news reported the 4th orbit raising exercise was conducted per schedule on 29-Oct-2008 at 7:38am.

- The target elevation of 267,000 km was achieved by firing the engines for 3.12 minutes, i.e.192 seconds. The new orbit will need 6 days and 15 minutes to complete one revolution around the Earth. The perigee now is 465 km.

- The next shift is scheduled for 03-Nov when the spacecraft will be inserted into the elliptical lunar orbit at a height of 386,000 km from Earth