FINAL UPPER STAGE BURN OF ROCKET LAB’S LUNAR PHOTON AND RELEASE OF CAPSTONE, July 4, 2022, Earth orbit, 2:56 am ET

Rocket Lab will fire its HyperCurie engine on its Lunar Photon upper stage for the last time and release NASA’s CAPSTONE lunar cubesat on July 4, 2022 at about 6:56 UTC (2:56 am EDT). Rocket Lab will webcast the engine burn and spacecraft release on its website.

Just one final burn of Lunar Photon’s HyperCurie engine remains! As early as 6:56 UTC on July 4th, we’ll be sending #CAPSTONE on a ballistic lunar transfer to the Moon. Here’s how pic.twitter.com/uNokKBOpmK

— Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) July 2, 2022