Chandrayaan-1 around 3,80,000 km from the earth !!!!

Indian’s moon mission has been raised to 5th orbit. Chandrayaan-1 mission launched twelve days ago is now around 3,80,000 km from the earth. This is the farthest point to which the space craft has traveled from earth.
Chandrayaan is an unmanned lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India's national space agency. It is also India's first mission to the moon. The mission includes a lunar orbiter and an impactor. The spacecraft was launched by a modified version of the PSLV Xl on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. "Chandrayaan" roughly translates to "lunar-sojourn" in many Indian languages.The remote sensing satellite weighs 1,380 kilograms (3,042 lb) at launch and 675 kilograms at lunar orbit and carries high resolution remote sensing equipment for visible, near infrared, soft and hard X-ray frequencies. Over a two-year period, it is intended to survey the lunar surface to produce a complete map of its chemical characteristics and 3-dimensional topography. The polar regions are of special interest, as they might contain ice.And when nears the apogee (the farthest point fom the earth), it will come under the influence of the moon. This will happen on Novemeber 8. The velocity of Chandrayaan-1 is reduced by reverse firing (the spacecraft is turned 180 degrees and then fired) before it reaches the apogee. This helps the moon to capture the spacecraft. But for the velocity reduction, it will not be possible for the moon to capture the spacecraft and make Chandrayaan-1 orbit around the moon. Once captured by the moon, Chandrayaan-1 will be fired again. But this time the firing is not to raise the orbit but to change the course of orbiting — from around the earth to around the moon.