Electron | CAPSTONE

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Electron | CAPSTONE

Launch probability: 75%

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.

Mission type: Planetary Science · Orbit: Lunar Orbit

Rocket: Electron · Provider: Rocket Lab

Launch pad

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand · View on map (opens in new tab)