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Planned orbital correction canceled for China's lunar probe
2007-11-01 01:43:06 Xinhua English

BEIJING, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The first orbital correction for China's first lunar probe, Chang'e-1, scheduled on Thursday has been canceled because it is traveling on the expected trajectory, according to the Beijing space control center.

Chang'e-1 was operating in "good condition" after completing its fourth orbital transfer late on Wednesday afternoon, starting a five-day journey to a 380,000-kilometre orbit that is to make it a real circumlunar satellite next Monday.

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