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BEIJING, Nov.2 - The first orbital correction for China's first lunar probe, Chang'e I, scheduled for Thursday has been canceled because it is traveling on the expected trajectory1, according to the Beijing Aerospace2 Control Center (BACC).
Chang'e I completed its fourth orbital transfer late on Wednesday afternoon, shifting out of its 120,000-kilometer orbit around the Earth and moving toward a 380,000-kilometer circumlunar orbit on Monday. "Because Chang'e I has been operating in good condition on the expected trajectory, the first orbital correction planned for November 1 was canceled," said Tong Bin3, deputy chief engineer of the BACC. Chang'e I was expected to go through one or two orbital corrections before reaching the moon's orbit at 11:25 am on Monday, said Pei Zhaoyu, a spokesman for the China National Space Administration (CNSA). "All the systems of the satellite are operating normally," Pei said on Thursday. After the probe entered the moon's orbit, it would brake several times to slow down so that it can be captured by the lunar gravity and become a real circumlunar satellite. China's first lunar probe, Chang'e I, named after a legendary4 Chinese goddess who flew to the moon, blasted off on a Long March 3A carrier rocket at on October 24 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan Province.
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