Having surpassed its mapping objectives, "Dawn" climbed to its fifth science orbit of beginning on September 2, 2016, to complete additional observations from a different angle. "Dawn" began raising its altitude to its sixth science orbit of on November 4, 2016, with a goal of reaching it by December 2016. The return to a higher altitude allowed for a second set of data at this altitude, which improves the overall science quality when added to the first batch. However, this time the spacecraft was placed where it was not spiraling and was orbiting in the same direction as Ceres, which reduced propellant consumption.