China lunar probe on way to operational orbit
LUNAR PROBE: China's Chang'e lunar probe is well on its way to its operational orbit after a successful injection burn Nov. 5 and a subsequent burn Nov. 6 to begin circularizing its orbit. A third burn scheduled Nov. 7 is intended to place the 5,200-pound spacecraft in a circular polar orbit about...
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