First Commercial Lunar Orbiter Successfully Completed All Operational Objectives – CAPSTONE™ Continues Moon Operations to Inform Future Missions

First Commercial Lunar Orbiter Successfully Completed All Operational Objectives – CAPSTONE™ Continues Moon Operations to Inform Future Missions

Mission to continue testing near-lunar communication and navigation technologies along with new software tools.

WESTMINSTER, CO, 29 May 2024 Advanced Space’s pioneering commercial satellite continues to operate beyond its expected 18-month contracted mission, which was originally supposed to end this month. Begun with a mission to demonstrate the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS™) (more…)

Advanced Space Demonstrates Artificial Intelligence for Spacecraft Autonomy at the Moon

Advanced Space Demonstrates Artificial Intelligence for Spacecraft Autonomy at the Moon

SigmaZero Experiments for IARPA on CAPSTONE™ 

Westminster, CO (March 21, 2024) Today, Advanced Space, LLC, a leading space tech solutions company announced the successful use of machine learning in cislunar space. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE™) spacecraft has been busy testing new software that is laying the groundwork for a substantial and transformative advance in autonomous navigation in orbit.  (more…)

Advanced Space success of Oracle project enhanced by Q Station partnership

Advanced Space success of Oracle project enhanced by Q Station partnership

Advanced Space and Albuquerque’s coworking ecosystem helps the space industry get work done

Westminster, CO (March 18, 2024) Advanced Space LLC., a leading space tech solutions company’s ongoing partnership with Q Station continues to enable the success of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Oracle flight experiment. Q Station is a hub for space work designed to allow government, businesses, academia and organizations to collaborate, create and innovate in new ways. (more…)

First Commercial Lunar Orbiter Successfully Completed All Operational Objectives – CAPSTONE™ Continues Moon Operations to Inform Future Missions

Advanced Space’s Resilient CAPSTONE Mission for NASA is Operating at the Moon for 445 Days: Continues to Transform Exploration with Cutting Edge Technology 

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…)

Advanced Space’s CAPSTONE Operates One Year at the Moon

Advanced Space’s CAPSTONE Operates One Year at the Moon

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…)

First Commercial Lunar Orbiter Successfully Completed All Operational Objectives – CAPSTONE™ Continues Moon Operations to Inform Future Missions

CAPSTONE Mission: 30 August 2023 Update

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…)