Electron | CAPSTONE
Rocket Lab·Electron·Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
orbit.LOpayload_type.Planetary Science
Launch time: June 28, 2022 at 09:55 AM UTC
Your local time: 28 Jun 2022, 09:55 UTC
✓ SuccessJun 28, 2022
About this mission
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 Timeline
Events will appear closer to launch. Expected:
- Launch
- Stage Sep
- Orbit Insertion