CAPSTONE is scheduled to launch between May 3 and May 15.
is owned and operated by Advanced Space in Westminster, Colorado, supported by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate through the Small Spacecraft Technology program and by the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate through the Advanced Exploration Systems program.
An NRHO is a member of either the L1 or L2 family of halo orbits and is characterized by having favorable stability properties. Most halo orbits are dynamically unstable, meaning that a perturbation in the position and/or velocity of a spacecraft will grow exponentially over time. However, the NRHOs are nearly stable, with some that are"marginally stable." NRHOs require some small use of stationkeeping propellant, similar to other halo orbits.
CAPSTONE was built and tested by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc., a Terran Orbital Corporation in Irvine, California. Stellar Exploration is the propulsion subsystem provider.
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