Link satellite launches on bold mission to recover NASA’s Swift observatory
TL;DR
Katalyst Space Technologies launched its Link satellite aboard a Pegasus XL rocket to rendezvous with NASA’s Swift gamma-ray observatory in a weeks-long, robotic rescue mission that could lift Swift into a higher orbit using three capture arms and propulsion, marking a first-of-its-kind commercial servicing effort.
- Katalyst's satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA's Swift Ars Technica
- Daring rescue mission launches to save a 3,200-pound NASA observatory from an untimely end CNN
- Nasa launches robot to save Swift telescope falling to Earth BBC
- Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus Rocket Powers Mission to Extend NASA’s Swift Observatory Northrop Grumman
- A Rescue Mission to Save NASA’s Swift Telescope Launches to Orbit The New York Times
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