The historic mission just launched atop a Rocket Lab Electron booster. 🚀
Capstone was the heaviest and hardest mission we have ever lifted by a long way but Electron completed the lift flawlessly even with performance to spare," Rocket Lab CEO Peter BeckPhoton will now gradually boost its orbit with a series of engine burns over the next five days. On the sixth day after launch, it will perform a final burn to increase its velocity to 24,500 mph . This will allow it to escape Earth orbit and start its trip to the moon.
The gravitational effect of both the moon and the Earth mean that space stations and spacecraft shouldn't have to use much fuel to stay in the NRHO. As a point of reference, the International Space Station orbiting Earth has to periodically reboost its orbit — something that was only carried out by
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