The probe was launched on 22 October to embark on a two-year mission of exploration at the Moon.Ground controllers in Bangalore instructed the probe to take pictures with it Terrain Mapping Camera as the spacecraft made a pass of the Earth.
Chandrayaan also fired its engines for three minutes to carry out an orbit raising manoeuvre which takes the probe closer to the lunar body.That was the fourth manoeuvre of its type made by the spacecraft, extending its orbit to more than half the distance to the Moon.Just one more like it is required to take Chandrayaan into the Moon's vicinity, at a distance of 384,000km from Earth. BBC
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