Electron - 27


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Status - Expended

Booster used during the NASA Capstone mission. Booster features the NASA Worm logo and was flown without onboard cameras to save weight.

Electron | CAPSTONE

Rocket Lab | United States of America
Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
June 28, 2022, 9:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
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.

Lunar Orbit 27 - Maiden Flight South Pacific
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