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By Stephen Clark Spaceflight Now WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2013 India's Mars-bound spacecraft has completed the first of six major engine firings to break free of Earth's gravitational influence, according to a post on the mission's Facebook page. The burn at 1947 GMT (2:47 p.m. EDT) raised the apogee, or high point, of the probe's orbit around Earth. Controllers planned to fire the craft's liquid-fueled engine for more than 3 minutes to raise its orbit by about 2,560 miles to an apogee of 17,861 miles, the Indian news website First Post reported. Five more orbit-raising maneuvers are planned, with the final burn Nov. 30 programmed to send the probe out of Earth orbit and on an interplanetary cruise to Mars, ISRO officials said. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
