[[Home|🏠]] <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> <span class="no-hover">[[Launches]]</span> <span style="color: LightSlateGray">></span> 027 - CAPSTONE >[!success] Mission Success >[!summary] On June 28, 2022 Rocket Lab launched the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) spacecraft for NASA and Advanced Space. On July 04, 2022, Rocket Lab's Lunar Photon spacecraft completed a trans lunar injection and successfully deployed CAPSTONE on its mission to the Moon. > Designed and built by [[Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems]], a [[Terran Orbital]] Corporation, and owned and operated by Advanced Space on behalf of NASA, CAPSTONE will be the first spacecraft to test the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO) around the Moon. This is the same orbit intended for NASA’s Gateway, a multipurpose Moon-orbiting station that will provide essential support for long-term astronaut lunar missions as part of the Artemis program. >[📸 Mission Photo Album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rocketlab/albums/72177720298851362/) #electron #launch #success | **Mission Name** | CAPSTONE | | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Launch Date** | 2022-06-28 09:55 | | **Outcome** | ✅ Success | | **Customer** | [[NASA]], [[Advanced Space]] | | **Location** | [[Launch Complex 1#Launch Pad B]] | | **Vehicle** | [[Electron]] | | **Orbit Type** | [[🌍 Orbits#TLI]] | | **Target Orbit** | Translunar Injection (TLI) | | **Payload Mass** | 320kg LEO / 80kg TLI | | **Recovery** | No Attempt | | **Mission Link** | [CAPSTONE](https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/missions-launched/capstone/) | | **Press Kit** | [Press Kit PDF](https://rocketlabcorp.com/assets/Uploads/CAPSTONE-Press-Kit3.pdf) | ![[Pasted image 20250406135953.png|300]] ## Mission ### [[CAPSTONE]] ![[CAPSTONE#Mission Details]] ## Payload ### [[Advanced Space#CAPSTONE]] ![[Advanced Space#CAPSTONE]] ## 📽️ Launch Video    ## 📰 News %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: start ``` table published as "Published" from "News" where contains(mission, [[027 - CAPSTONE]]) sort published desc ``` %% | File | Published | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- | | [[News/Rocket Lab-launched CAPSTONE Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit.md\|Rocket Lab-launched CAPSTONE Spacecraft Enters Lunar Orbit]] | November 15, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Moon Mission for NASA a Success Rocket Lab.md\|Rocket Lab Moon Mission for NASA a Success Rocket Lab]] | July 04, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab’s Lunar Photon Completes Sixth Orbit Raise for NASA’s CAPSTONE Mission to The Moon.md\|Rocket Lab’s Lunar Photon Completes Sixth Orbit Raise for NASA’s CAPSTONE Mission to The Moon]] | July 01, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Completes Fifth Orbit Raise For NASA’s CAPSTONE Mission to The Moon.md\|Rocket Lab Completes Fifth Orbit Raise For NASA’s CAPSTONE Mission to The Moon]] | June 30, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Raises Orbit a Fourth Time For NASA’s CAPSTONE Moon Mission.md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Raises Orbit a Fourth Time For NASA’s CAPSTONE Moon Mission]] | June 30, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab’s Lunar Photon Spacecraft Successfully Completes Third Orbit Raising Maneuver for NASA’s CAPSTONE Moon Mission.md\|Rocket Lab’s Lunar Photon Spacecraft Successfully Completes Third Orbit Raising Maneuver for NASA’s CAPSTONE Moon Mission]] | June 29, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Successfully Launches CAPSTONE Spacecraft, Completes First Leg of Moon Mission for NASA.md\|Rocket Lab Successfully Launches CAPSTONE Spacecraft, Completes First Leg of Moon Mission for NASA]] | June 28, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon for NASA.md\|Rocket Lab Prepares to Launch CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon for NASA]] | June 23, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Begins Payload Integration for CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon.md\|Rocket Lab Begins Payload Integration for CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon]] | May 16, 2022 | | [[News/Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission from New Zealand.md\|Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission from New Zealand]] | August 06, 2021 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Readies Photon Spacecraft for NASA Moon Mission.md\|Rocket Lab Readies Photon Spacecraft for NASA Moon Mission]] | December 11, 2020 | | [[News/Rocket Lab Selected by NASA to Launch Pathfinder Mission to the Moon.md\|Rocket Lab Selected by NASA to Launch Pathfinder Mission to the Moon]] | February 14, 2020 | %%DATAVIEW_PUBLISHER: end %%