Terran Orbital Corporation announced the successful execution of CAPSTONE's TCM-2 burn. The burn occurred in two parts with final success declared on July 26 at 1:45 UTC. As with TCM 1-a and TCM 1-c, this burn confirms the NASA satellite will maintain the proper trajectory to continue charting a path to the Moon.

For each burn, navigation information is collected by NASA's Deep Space Network and processed by the Advanced Space flight dynamics team. The Terran Orbital Mission Operations Center then commands the burn and processes the post-burn telemetry. The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment, otherwise known as CAPSTONE, is the first spacecraft to test a unique, elliptical lunar orbit.

As a pathfinder for NASA's Moon-orbiting Gateway outpost, CAPSTONE will help reduce risk for future spacecraft by validating innovative navigation technologies and verifying the dynamics of this halo-shaped orbit. The orbit, formally known as a near rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO), is significantly elongated. NRHO serves as a precise balance point in the gravities between the Earth and the Moon – requiring minimal energy to maintain and offering stability for long-term missions such as Gateway.

NRHO requires less propulsion capability for spacecraft flying to and from the Moon's surface than circular orbits. CAPSTONE will come within 1,000 miles of one lunar pole on its near pass and 43,500 miles from the other pole at its peak every seven days – establishing a location that is an ideal staging area for missions to the Moon and beyond.