Rocket Lab Corporation said it has completed commissioning for the twin Rocket Lab-built ESCAPADE spacecraft for the University of California Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory’s NASA Mars mission. The company reported both satellites are fully commissioned and operating near the Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 2 (L2), and that the spacecraft executed two trajectory correction maneuvers to enter a loiter trajectory about 1.5 million kilometers from Earth. Rocket Lab added it is preparing to hand over operational control to UCB-SSL, which will lead science operations at L2 and prepare the mission for its cruise to Mars.

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