Name | CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment= |
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Type | CubeSat |
Units or mass | 12U |
Status | not launched, expected in 2022 |
Organisation | NASA Ames |
Institution | Space agency |
Entity | Government (Civil / Military) |
Nation | US |
Manufacturer | AIVT by Tyvak |
Oneliner | Demonstrate spacecraft-to-spacecraft navigation and enter Lunar near-reactilinear halo orbit to verify its feasibility for the Gateway lunar orbiting outpost. |
Sources | [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] |
Keywords | Beyond Earth orbit, Beyond LEO orbit, Propulsion |
Last modified: 2022-05-24
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