Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
09:55:52
Tuesday June 28, 2022
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Longest Rocket Lab mission to date. Time between launch and CAPSTONE deployment was just under 6 days.
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.
Trans Lunar Injection
1 Payload
25 kilograms
Agency
Rocket LabPrice
$7.50 million
Rocket
Height: 18m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 320 kg
Liftoff Thrust
224 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 1.2m
Height: 4.05m
Stages
3
27th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2022
27th
Mission
4th
Mission of 2022
73rd
Orbital launch attempt