Everything was going great following the probe’slaunch on June 28 atop a Rocket Lab Electron booster.
But then it just stopped talking to Earth.
On Wednesday, Advanced announced on Twitter that it was once again communicating with the Capstone ship.
“The spacecraft is looking happy and healthy,” Advanced said.
Anearlier update from Advanced Spacesimply said “an anomaly was experienced related to the communication subsystem.”
However, the agency noted at the time that its first trajectory correction maneuver has been delayed.
No word yet on when it’ll be able to perform those postponed adjustments.
Update, July 6:Adds that communications with the Capstone probe have been reestablished.
