Katalyst Space's LINK Launches on Pegasus-XL to Reboost NASA's Swift Observatory
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Katalyst Space's LINK on-orbit servicing spacecraft launched via Northrop Grumman's Pegasus-XL rocket on July 3, 2026, on a mission to reboost NASA's aging Swift gamma-ray burst observatory (in orbit since 2004). Contact was successfully established after launch, beginning a series of checkouts before LINK approaches Swift in what NASA describes as a high-risk, high-reward effort. The mission aims to extend the operational life of the Swift observatory, which studies gamma-ray bursts using three multiwavelength telescopes.
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· 3 pulledKatalyst Space's LINK on-orbit servicing spacecraft is on its way to reboost NASA's Swift observatory.
Contact was successfully established, the first step in a series of checkouts before it approaches Swift in what NASA calls a high-risk, high-reward effort.
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has been in space since 2004 studying gamma-ray bursts.
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