Moon
Capstone
Capstone is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Ames Lunar program.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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Capstone is catalogued by GCAT as a deep-space mission in the Ames Lunar program. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2022-070; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
The launch
- Launch
- 28 June 2022, 09:55 UTC
- Launch location
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula
- Launch vehicle
- Electron
- Orbit
- Low Earth orbit (inclined)
Launch intelligence
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launched the CAPSTONE mission on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 9:55 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Rocket Lab
- Vehicle
- Electron
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2022-070
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Jun 28, 2022, 09:55 UTC
- Target T-0
- Jun 28, 2022, 09:55 UTC
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Jun 28 2022
- Pad and location
- LC-1B, Rocket Lab Launch Complex, Mahia Peninsula
Partly Cloudy Temp: 54F Wind: 6.26mph
- Temperature
- 54°F
- Wind
- 6.26 mph
- Condition
- Partly Cloudy
- Forecast updated
- Jun 28, 2022, 00:00 UTC
Launch media
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 30 June 2026
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Spacecraft
Capstone
GCAT program: Ames Lunar.
- GCAT ID
- S52914
- Manufacturer
- Terran Orbital
- Launch mass
- 25 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.6 m long · 0.3 m diameter · 2.4 m span
Lunar Photon
GCAT program: Photon.
- GCAT ID
- S52916
- Manufacturer
- Rocket Lab Ltd.
- Launch mass
- 275 kg
- Propulsion
- HyperC
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 1.4 m diameter · 1.4 m span
Gallery
One image from Capstone.
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