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Thread #114547 Message #2473026
Posted By: beardedbruce
22-Oct-08 - 03:24 PM
Thread Name: BS: Space news
Subject: RE: BS: Space news
""The satellite was targeting an orbit with a high point of about 127,000 miles [204,000 km] and an inclination of 11 degrees."
"IBEX will begin using its own hydrazine fuel to climb higher, eventually reaching an orbit with a low point of 4,400 miles and a high point of 200,000 miles [322,000 km], about 80 percent of the distance to the moon. "
First raising burn completed- Perigee now about 2,000km.