CAPSTONE Goes the Distance for NASA’s Artemis Program

CAPSTONE achieved its highest altitude – a point known as apogee – at 1.538 million km from Earth. The pathfinding lunar satellite’s max apogee beats previous Terran Orbital vehicle distances by many orders of magnitude.

Terran Orbital Concludes Final Launch Preparations For LunIR

Terran Orbital has concluded final launch preparations for LunIR. The groundbreaking lunar satellite will launch aboard NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) as part of the Artemis I mission. The rocket is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center on August 29 at 8:33 a.m. E.T. LunIR will take images of the lunar surface with a new infrared imager that could be useful in supporting future NASA planetary and lunar exploration efforts.

Terran Orbital Integrates LunIR Into NASA’s Space Launch System

Terran Orbital integrated the Lunar Infrared imaging spacecraft, also known as LunIR into NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS). With its unprecedented power and capabilities, SLS is the only rocket that will be able to send the Orion capsule, astronauts, and cargo directly to the Moon on a single mission. LunIR will fly by the Moon and collect surface thermography as a secondary payload on Artemis 1 – a test mission for SLS. After the flyby, the 6U satellite will conduct technology demonstrations related to deep-space operations for future Mars missions.