Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
CAPSTONE
Following a three-month trip to the Moon, CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) will enter a near rectilinear halo orbit, which is a highly elliptical orbit over the Moon’s poles, to verify its characteristics for future missions and conduct a navigation demonstration with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. CAPSTONE will serve as a pathfinder for the lunar spaceship Gateway, a key component of NASA’s Artemis program.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 25.0 kg
Trans Lunar Injection
Location
Rocket Lab LC-1B, Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Stats
2022
73rd orbital launch attempt
Rocket Lab
27th mission
4th mission of 2022
24th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission
Electron
27th mission
4th mission of 2022
24th successful mission
7th consecutive successful mission