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Private rescue mission set to save NASA's Swift telescope from orbital decay

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Private rescue mission set to save NASA's Swift telescope from orbital decay
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NASA is coordinating a private rescue mission to save the aging Swift Observatory from orbital decay by launching the LINK spacecraft on a Pegasus XL rocket to grapple Swift and raise its orbit back toward its original ~600 km altitude, extending its science life by years. The mission, which costs about $30 million, marks a pioneering private satellite‑servicing effort for a U.S. government asset.

Topics:sciencespace-exploration#link-satellite#nasa#pegasus-xl#satellite-servicing#space-exploration#swift-observatory
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  1. NASA to launch rescue mission June 30 to save Swift space telescope from burning up in Earth's atmosphere  Space
  2. NASA Aims to Catch a Falling Space Telescope and Push It Back Up  The New York Times
  3. NASA prepares to launch daring rescue to save aging telescope from falling to Earth  CBS News
  4. Inside NASA’s daring race to save a doomed space telescope  USA Today
  5. NASA prepares to launch an unprecedented mission to save a dying space telescope  Scientific American

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