May 29, 2024 | CAPSTONE Mission
From completing the mission to exceeding expectations, our spacecraft flew its 18-month mission at the Moon and will continue flying.
WESTMINSTER, CO, 29 May 2024 – A project that began as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project celebrated an important milestone this month: Advanced Space’s pioneering Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE™) satellite completed its original 18-month mission for NASA. (more…)
Feb 1, 2024 | CAPSTONE Mission
U.S. satellite persists as lunar pathfinder to mitigate risk for future space programs.
Westminster, CO – Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company, announced that CAPSTONE™ – the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment – continues to be “The Little Satellite That Could” as it flies near the Moon over 430 days. The spacecraft is conducting operations in Near Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO); achieving record-long mission operational “up times;” conducting experiments that demonstrate its usefulness for position, navigation, and timing (PNT); and for testing software at the Moon. (more…)
Nov 17, 2023 | CAPSTONE Mission
CAPSTONE Contributes to a Resilient U.S. Space Architecture in Cislunar Space
Westminster, CO — Advanced Space, a leading space tech solutions company, announced today that their Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission has successfully operated on-orbit around the Moon for a full year. This milestone puts the company in an elite category logging over 365 days of continuous operations in the cislunar environment. As the first company to operate a commercial satellite at the Moon, Advanced Space has gained valuable insights around cislunar operations that can only come from hands-on experience. (more…)
Aug 30, 2023 | CAPSTONE Mission
Serving as an orbital pathfinder for the Gateway, the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE™) spacecraft has operated successfully for almost 300 days. During that time, the CubeSat has demonstrated its key functions, entering and maintaining its unique orbit — a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) — and operating a peer-to-peer navigation technology that incorporates relative tracking between two vehicles. (more…)
Jul 27, 2023 | CAPSTONE Mission, Community
Three key members of the CAPSTONE™ team—Program Manager and Operations Lead Alec Forsman, Mission Design Lead Ethan Kayser, and Principal Investigator and Advanced Space CEO Bradley Cheetham—visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to share lessons learned from the mission, as well as to discuss potential future collaborations. (more…)
