Chandrayaan-1 Settles into Operational Lunar Orbit
India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has reached its final orbit around the Moon, gliding over the surface at an altitude of 100 km. (62 mi.) after firing its 99-lb.-thrust Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) for a total of 16 min. in three orbit-reduction maneuvers. The first Indian spacecraft to leave low-Earth...
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