Katalyst Space edges toward Swift boost after attitude-control recovery
TL;DR
Katalyst Space Technologies reports progress in stabilizing its Link servicing spacecraft after a post-launch spin problem, slowing rotation from about 9 degrees per second to 1.47 deg/s with a thruster and conserving propellant, with a major flight software update planned to regain attitude control and set up a grapple with NASA’s Swift Observatory to raise its decaying orbit before Swift deorbits later this year.
Topics:sciencetechnology#attitude-control#katalyst-space-technologies#link-spacecraft#nasa#swift-observatory#technology
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