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CAPSTONE Leaves Earth Orbit, Headed to the Moon
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) has left low-Earth orbit and started its solo journey to the Moon. Following its launch on June 28,...
View ArticleCAPSTONE Update on Communications Issue
Following successful deployment and start of spacecraft commissioning on July 4, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft...
View ArticleFurther Details on Communications Issues with NASA’s CAPSTONE
NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) experienced communications issues following its deployment on July 4. This is an update on the...
View ArticleCAPSTONE Update: Communications Re-Established
Mission operators have re-established contact with NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft. Additional updates will be...
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Following Communications Recovery, NASA’s CAPSTONE Prepares for First Maneuver
Following communications issues, mission teams for NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) have re-established contact with the...
View ArticleMission Team Determines Cause of Communications Issues for NASA’s CAPSTONE
After a thorough review, teams have determined what led to CAPSTONE’s communications issue that began on July 4. During commissioning of NASA’s CAPSTONE (short for Cislunar Autonomous Positioning...
View ArticleNASA’s CAPSTONE Pulls Off First Targeting Maneuver on Journey to the Moon
NASA’s CAPSTONE successfully completed its first trajectory correction maneuver, which started at 11:30 a.m. EDT Thursday. This is the first in a series of thruster burns over the next few months to...
View ArticleNASA’s CAPSTONE Updates Maneuver Schedule on Journey to Moon
The team for NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) is standing down from the trajectory correction maneuver scheduled for July 9 to...
View ArticleCAPSTONE Team Continues Work Towards Spacecraft Recovery
The CAPSTONE mission team is continuing to work towards recovery of the spacecraft orientation control. This work includes collecting information from the spacecraft, running simulations, and refining...
View ArticleCAPSTONE Arrives to Orbit at the Moon
The CAPSTONE mission operations team confirmed that NASA’s CAPSTONE spacecraft arrived at its orbit at the Moon Sunday evening. The CubeSat completed an initial orbit insertion maneuver, firing its...
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