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CAPSTONE Completes Primary Mission at the Moon

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Tom Patton
Jun 09, 2023
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The CAPSTONE spacecraft, developed by Terran Orbital, has completed its primary mission at the Moon, navigating to and within the Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO), and performing the initial successful test of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS) in coordination with the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). In addition, the spacecraft…

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