Mission Overview
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.
Payloads
1
Type
Planetary Science
Vehicle
Electron
Window
09:55 AM UTC – 09:55 AM UTC
Rocket
RO
Rocket Lab
Launch Site
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand