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| Burn name
| Spacecraft situation at end of burn
| Estimated delta-v
|
| Liftoff burn
| Spacecraft is in LEO parking orbit
| unknown
|
| L2 approach burn
| Spacecraft is on trajectory that passes near a Sun-Earth L2 halo orbit, then arrives at the patch point.
| ~3 km/s
|
| Patch Point Maneuver burn
| Spacecraft is on a lunar ballistic capture trajectory
| ~30 m/s
|
| Orbital stabilization burn
| Spacecraft is in a stable lunar orbit
| unknown, very low
|
| Burn name
| Spacecraft situation at end of burn
| Estimated delta-v
| Engine responsible
|
| Liftoff burn
| Spacecraft is in LEO parking orbit
| ~ 10 km/s
| Launch vehicle engines
|
| Trans Lunar Injection (TLI) burn
| Spacecraft is on a free-return trajectory to the moon
| ~ 3 km/s
| Orbital Bus engine
|
| Lunar capture burn
| Spacecraft is in a low-eccentricity orbit around the moon
| ~ 1 km/s
| Orbital Bus engine
|
| Trans Earth Injection (TEI) burn
| Spacecraft is on a trajectory to the Earth
| ~ 1 km/s
| Orbital Bus engine
|
| Earth capture burn?
| Spacecraft is in a low-eccentricity orbit around the Earth
| unknown
| Orbital Bus engine
|
| Earth reentry burn?
| Spacecraft is on a reentry course to Earth
| unknown
| Orbital Bus engine
|
