The first cubesat to fly and operate at the Moon has successfully arrived

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Post by smp » Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:06 pm

From Ars Technica:
"After a journey of nearly five months, taking it far beyond the Moon and back, the little CAPSTONE spacecraft has successfully entered into lunar orbit."

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11 ... y-arrived/

Soooo cool!

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Post by pakarinen » Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:15 pm

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Post by GCoyote » Thu Nov 17, 2022 1:49 pm

That's a lot of firsts for this mission!

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Post by GCoyote » Thu Nov 17, 2022 1:53 pm

about that orbit

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Any metaphor will tear if stretched over too much reality.
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(And a bunch of stuff I'm still trying to fix or find parts for.)

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