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CAPSTONE

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CAPSTONE

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Jun 28, 09:55:52 UTC
StatusSuccess
VehicleElectron
OrbitLunar Orbit
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
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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.

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VehicleElectron
OrbitLunar Orbit
PadRocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
SiteRocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
WindowJun 28, 09:55:52 UTC→Jun 28, 09:55:52 UTC
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Trajectory unknown
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
-39.263, 177.864
Scrub riskLOW
Go99%
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Weather & scrubLOW risk
Weather Go99%LL2 Go75%Wind3 ktGusts10 ktCloud0%Temp56°F