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CAPSTONE 02
NET 2027 · Terran Orbital pair · planned
NASA hired Advanced Space on 24 July 2026 to fly two identical 400 kg (882 lb) spacecraft to lunar orbit in 2027.
Lunar-orbit / NRHO-class meeting practice for later cargo and crew, no surface landing.
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CAPSTONE 02 (Advanced Space for NASA)
Two identical ~400 kg-class spacecraft. · NASA · nasa.govCEPS radiation sensor (NASA)
NASA Compact Electron Proton Spectrometer. · NASA · nasa.govChemical propulsion (Stellar Exploration)
Stellar Exploration delivers the chemical propulsion on both CAPSTONE 02 spacecraft. · Stellar Exploration · nasa.govOptical imager (Lawrence Livermore)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory supplies the optical imaging payload on the CAPSTONE 02 pair. · Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · nasa.govRadios (Space Dynamics Laboratory)
Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory supplies the communications system on CAPSTONE 02, including direct-to-Earth radios and the crosslink between the two spacecraft. · Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory · nasa.govThree NASA navigation programs
Three NASA navigation software suites fly on CAPSTONE 02 and collect data on the slow path from Earth into lunar orbit. · NASA · nasa.govTwo 400 kg spacecraft (Terran Orbital)
Terran Orbital, a Lockheed Martin company, designs and builds both identical 400 kg (882 lb) CAPSTONE 02 spacecraft. · Terran Orbital · nasa.govCargo
CAPSTONE 02 identical 400 kg spacecraft pair
Demo for orbit pair. CAPSTONE 02, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment 02, flies two identical spacecraft of about 400 kg (882 lb) each around the Moon in 2027. · NASA · nasa.govStellar Exploration chemical propulsion on CAPSTONE 02
Demo for propulsion. Stellar Exploration supplies the chemical propulsion system on both CAPSTONE 02 spacecraft, which performs lunar orbit insertion and then the rendezvous and proximity manoeuvres that bring one spacecraft up to the other. · Advanced Space · nasa.govLawrence Livermore optical imaging payload on CAPSTONE 02
Demo for imaging. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory supplies the integrated optical payloads on CAPSTONE 02, built around LLNL-patented monolithic optics. · NASA · nasa.govSpace Dynamics Laboratory communications on CAPSTONE 02
Demo for comms. Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory supplies the CAPSTONE 02 communications system: the direct-to-Earth link and the crosslink between the two spacecraft. · Advanced Space · nasa.govCompact Electron Proton Spectrometer
Demo for radiation. NASA's Compact Electron Proton Spectrometer flies on CAPSTONE 02 to measure radiation around the Moon and to demonstrate space-weather radiation forecasting. · NASA · nasa.govThree NASA navigation software suites on CAPSTONE 02
Demo for navigation. Three NASA-developed navigation software payloads ride CAPSTONE 02, collecting data on the long transfer from Earth into lunar orbit. · NASA · nasa.govRelated flights
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