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CAPSTONE Spacecraft Launch Targeted No Earlier Than June 13

The capstone spacecraft with solar panels open on either side is lit on one side by the sun. The spacecraft floats in front of a half-darkened lunar surface, with the Earth bright and small in the distant background.

NASA, Rocket Lab, and Advanced Space are currently targeting no earlier than June 13, 2022, for the launch of the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) on the Mahia Peninsula of New Zealand. This launch date will support readiness checks for final launch and the Photon satellite bus. Learn more about this ambitious mission flying a new path to the Moon.