CAPSTONE™ Mission Accomplished and More Left to Go!
From completing the mission to exceeding expectations, our spacecraft flew its 18-month mission at the Moon and will continue flying.
WESTMINSTER, CO, 29 May 2024 – A project that began as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project celebrated an important milestone this month: Advanced Space’s pioneering Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE™) satellite completed its original 18-month mission for NASA. (more…)
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 Hires Aaron Frost as Director of People
WESTMINSTER, CO, 21 May 2024 – Advanced Space, LLC, a leading space technology solutions company, welcomes Aaron Frost as their first Director of People. Aaron will be responsible for the innovative talent acquisition and team member success processes, ensuring that Advanced Space continues to attract and retain the industry’s top talent. Aaron brings over 15 years of strategic human resources, talent acquisition, and leadership development experience to his new role. (more…)
Interview—Anthony Zara, Advanced Space Astrodynamics and Satellite Navigation Engineer
What is the most interesting part of your current project?
I would be hard-pressed to say anything other than the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS) since that has been where I have focused the majority of my time and effort at Advanced Space. This technology has the opportunity to revolutionize how navigation at the Moon and beyond works for the future of space exploration by reducing navigation and communication burdens on Earth ground stations with its decentralized and cooperative approach. Developing a totally novel technology is always an interesting project; the fact that we currently have CAPSTONE up there at the Moon gathering real data in support of this technology makes it an engineer’s dream. (more…)