Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Rocket Lab
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LO
Mission type
Planetary Science
Launch site
New Zealand
Date
Tue, 28 Jun 2022 09:55:52 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6255 ever
Go probability
75%
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.