Chandrayaan-1 in Push to Moon
Indian controllers are continuing orbit-raising maneuvers with the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter as it moves toward a Nov. 8 rendezvous with Earth’s natural satellite. A 3-min. burn of the probe’s 99-lb.-thrust Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) on Oct. 29 pushed it into a new elliptical six-day Earth orbit...
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