کپستون
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CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) is a lunar orbiter that is testing and verifying the calculated orbital stability planned for the now canceled Lunar Gateway space station. The spacecraft is a 12-unit CubeSat that is also testing a navigation system that is measuring its position relative to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) without relying on ground stations. It was launched on 28 June 2022, arrived in lunar orbit on 14 November 2022, and was scheduled to orbit for six months. On 18 May 2023, it completed its primary mis
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- CAPSTONE
- Spaceflight.names_list
- Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment
- Spaceflight.image
- Capstone graphic 13feb20 0.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Illustration of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE)
- Spaceflight.image_size
- 300px
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Technology demonstration
- Spaceflight.operator
- Advanced Space
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- Planned: 10 monthsElapsed:
- Spaceflight.spacecraft
- CAPSTONE
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_type
- 12U CubeSat
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- CubeSat
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- Advanced Space (management)Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems (bus)Stellar Exploration, Inc (propulsion)
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- 28 June 2022, 09:55 UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Electron/Photon HyperCurie
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Mahia, LC-1B
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Rocket Lab
- Spaceflight.insignia_size
- 200px
- Spaceflight.programme
- Lunar Gateway
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- CubeSat
- Operator
- NASA
- Parent body
- Moon
- Mass
- 25
- Image
- CAPSTONE facing the Sun (ACD22-0003-004).jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- Commons category
- CAPSTONE
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2022-06-28
- space launch vehicle
- Electron
- type of orbit
- near-rectilinear halo orbit
- launch contractor
- Rocket Lab
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