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Nancy Neal
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
(Phone: 301/286-0039)
RELEASE: 01-188
MAP, launched June 30, 2001, and was placed into a highly
elliptical orbit around the Earth. From there, the spacecraft
team executed a series of maneuvers using on-board thrusters
to bring MAP around the Earth three times and position it for
a gravity-assist boost from the Moon. The lunar swing-by
occurred a month after launch, on July 30.
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