CAPSTONE 02 Program
NASA’s CAPSTONE 02 mission will use two small spacecraft in lunar orbit to demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, autonomous relative navigation, cislunar communications, and formation-flying techniques for Artemis, lunar infrastructure, and future deep-space missions. NASA targets launch in 2027.
Identity
- Aliases
- CAPSTONE 02CAPSTONE2CAPSTONE 2Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment 02CAPSTONE 02 Mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- CAPSTONE 02 Program
- Status
- planned
- Types
- developmentoperationsresearch
Details
- Description
- NASA’s CAPSTONE 02 mission will use two small spacecraft in lunar orbit to demonstrate rendezvous and proximity operations, autonomous relative navigation, cislunar communications, and formation-flying techniques for Artemis, lunar infrastructure, and future deep-space missions. NASA targets launch in 2027.
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2027
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 19:44:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 19:44:58 UTC