CAPSTONE
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Name Origin
The CAPSTONE mission, named for NASA's Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, tests navigation and communication technologies for future lunar missions in a unique orbit around the Moon.
Mission Overview
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.
Technical Details
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