CAPSTONE
Small spacecraft that tested the Moon orbit chosen for Artemis
Advanced Space
Colorado mission-design and navigation company that owns and flew CAPSTONE, the small NASA-backed spacecraft that pioneered the lunar orbit planned for Artemis. It is now building CAPSTONE 02 and a cislunar tracking satellite for the Air Force.
The founding team began work in 2010, formally set up the company as Geryon Space Technologies in 2011, and created Advanced Space, LLC in 2013. No outside funding round is public; the company says its founders personally funded the start.
Products, by altitude
Earth to Moon · 35,786–384,400 km
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CAPSTONE 02
Two spacecraft practicing meeting up in orbit near the Moon
In development Oracle
Satellite to spot and track objects between Earth and Moon
