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NASA reconnects with probe en route to the Moon

An illustration of a spaceship orbiting the moon. | Font: POT

POT announced that he had re-established contact with the probe COMPLETION which is heading towards Moon.

The space agency was able to re-establish that connection after a full day. Of course, although it was disturbing, it was a hidden possibility.

What happened to CAPSTONE?

POT he had previously indicated that the ship could go through this limbo.

“If necessary, the mission will have enough fuel to delay the initial trajectory correction maneuver after separation by a few days,” a spokesman for the mission said. POT a space.com.

COMPLETION it also made initial contact with the Deep Space Network ground station in Spain and partial contact with the Goldstone ground station in California, allowing mission operators to determine its approximate position and speed.

path to the gateway

The satellite is moving towards the Moon in an orbit intended for Gateway: lunar space station built POT and their partners.

COMPLETION Launched in June from the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket, it was delivered on a second spacecraft called Photon, which broke away from Earth’s gravitational pull this week.

The satellite will be used to obtain vital information, including operational data.

The plan is COMPLETION enter an almost rectilinear halo orbit around Moon the 13th of November.

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