NASA launches robotic rescue mission to save aging Swift Observatory from atmospheric reentry
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Al Jazeera
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NASA has launched a robotic rescue mission to prevent its aging Swift Observatory telescope from burning up in Earth's atmosphere. The Link spacecraft, built by Katalyst Space Technologies and launched by Northrop Grumman via a Pegasus rocket from the Marshall Islands, will attempt to rendezvous with and capture the Swift Observatory in about a month. The operation is expected to take several months.
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· 2 pulledNorthrop Grumman launched the Link spacecraft – built by United States-based Katalyst Space Technologies – from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Friday.
A Pegasus rocket blasted off from the belly of a modified aircraft putting Link on course to reach and capture NASA's Swift Observatory in about a month.
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