ISRO: Chandrayaan-1 enters Deep Space# Aviation - 航空航天
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October 26, 2008
Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has entered deep space after crossing the 150,000
km (one and a half lakh km) distance mark from the Earth. This happened
after the successful completion of the spacecraft’s third orbit raising
manoeuvre today (October 26, 2008) morning.
During this manoeuvre which was initiated at 07:08 IST, the spacecraft’s
440 Newton liquid engine was fired for about nine and a half minutes. With
this, Chandrayaan-1 entered a much higher elliptical orbit around the
Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft has entered deep space after crossing the 150,000
km (one and a half lakh km) distance mark from the Earth. This happened
after the successful completion of the spacecraft’s third orbit raising
manoeuvre today (October 26, 2008) morning.
During this manoeuvre which was initiated at 07:08 IST, the spacecraft’s
440 Newton liquid engine was fired for about nine and a half minutes. With
this, Chandrayaan-1 entered a much higher elliptical orbit around the