Three-armed rescue craft heads to save NASA's Swift Observatory from decay
TL;DR
A high-stakes mission launched with Northrop Grumman’s Link spacecraft to capture NASA’s Swift Observatory and lift its orbit by about 150 miles, preventing its fall to Earth and allowing resumed gamma-ray burst observations by September.
Topics:sciencespace#katalyst-space-technologies#link-spacecraft#nasa-swift-observatory#orbital-boost#satellite-rescue#space
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