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Chandrayaan-I has been
launched from Sriharikota. (Pic: Times Now)
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Chandrayaan-1 over halfway to the moon
30 Oct 2008, 0351 hrs IST
Chandrayaan-1 has reached a distance of 2,67,000 km from the Earth -- that's halfway to the Moon -- and is approaching it without any glitch.
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