Electron
SuccessCAPSTONE · Rocket Lab
Launch time (NET)
Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022, 09:55 UTC
Launch window
Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022, 09:55 UTC – Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022, 09:55 UTC
Provider
Rocket Lab
Rocket
Launch pad
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Mission
CAPSTONE
Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Lunar Orbit (LO)
CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is a 12-U cubesat mission to test operations in near rectiliniar halo orbit around the Moon, which is to be used for the Lunar Gateway space station. Mission will verify the near rectilinear halo orbit characteristics, spacecraft-to-spacecraft navigation services in that orbit, and provide valuable experience of small sat launch to the Moon.
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