Rocket Lab's Lunar Photon completes 3rd orbit raising maneuver for CAPSTONE Moon mission

Rocket Lab's Lunar Photon completes 3rd orbit raising maneuver for CAPSTONE Moon mission

Space Daily

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Long Beach CA (SPX) Jun 30, 2022

Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) reports that its Lunar Photon spacecraft has successfully completed the third of seven planned orbit raising maneuvers, bringing the CAPSTONE spacecraft closer to the Moon. Owned and operated by Advanced Space on behalf of NASA, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) CubeSat will be the first

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