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CAPSTONE Mission: 10 September 2022 Update

September 10, 2022

The CAPSTONE spacecraft was executing a planned trajectory correction maneuver Thursday evening, September 8th. We have since obtained telemetry that confirms the vehicle suffered an anomaly near the end of the planned maneuver and is currently in safe mode. The…

CAPSTONE Is Furthest From Home; Nearest to the Future of the Lunar Gateway

August 26, 2022

First Ever Commercial Satellite to Fly this distance from Earth – Moon Mission for NASA continues to make history.  Westminster, CO (August 26, 2022) Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company with breakthrough navigation technology, applauds their team…

CAPSTONE: A Summary of Flight Operations to Date in the Cislunar Environment

August 19, 2022

Presented at the 36th Annual Small Satellite Conference 2022 Advanced Space: Tom Gardner, Brad Cheetham, Jeff Parker, Alec Forsman, Ethan Kayser, Michael Thompson, Conner Ott, Lauren DeMoudt, Matt Bolliger, Arlen Kam Terran Orbital: Keith Thompson, Tristan Latchu, Rebecca Rogers Stellar Exploration: Brennan Bryant,…

Another Success with CAPSTONE Lunar Mission

July 27, 2022

Spacecraft remains on target to test navigation technology and lunar operations to support NASA’s Moon missions under Artemis programs It is hard to believe we launched CAPSTONE almost a month ago. We have encountered many variables that have kept this…

CAPSTONE Successfully Completes Second Maneuver; On Its Way to the Moon

July 12, 2022

CAPSTONE achieved another positive milestone today after the spacecraft executed the second scheduled trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) today at approximately 9:30 am MT. The spacecraft burn was relatively small as it consumed ~35 grams of fuel. The purpose of the…

CAPSTONE Updated TCM Schedule

July 9, 2022

The CAPSTONE mission team has rescheduled the trajectory correction maneuver (TCM) originally targeting for this morning to review additional data and perform additional analysis to support modeling of the spacecraft performance during maneuvers. The rescheduled plan does not have any…

CAPSTONE Mission: 08 July 2022 Update

July 8, 2022

As we wrap up an active week for CAPSTONE, and happy to report the spacecraft is healthy and everything is operating nominally. We want to give a big thank you to everyone involved. To Rocket Lab, thank you for the…

CAPSTONE is MOON BOUND! Advanced Space Leads Lunar Mission for NASA

July 7, 2022

Commercially Owned Mission Supports Human Return to the Moon with Microwave-sized Spacecraft Westminster, CO (July 7, 2022) Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, announced today that CAPSTONE – the spacecraft heading to the Moon for NASA – is…

CAPSTONE Trajectory Correction Maneuver a Success

July 7, 2022

At approximately 9:30 AM MT this morning, the CAPSTONE spacecraft successfully executed its first trajectory correction maneuver on its way to the Moon and the spacecraft is in a healthy state. This maneuver is the first statistical maneuver of the…

CAPSTONE Mission: 06 July 2022 Update

July 6, 2022

Over the last 24 hours, the CAPSTONE mission team has worked together to narrow down the likely cause of the communications systems anomaly discussed yesterday. The integrated mission team took time and care to work the problem, gaining information from…