NASA's Swift Observatory Faces Atmospheric Re-entry Without Rescue Mission

Kenneth Chang

3d ago· 2 min readenNews

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NASA's Swift Observatory, a space telescope that has studied powerful cosmic explosions for over two decades, is at risk of burning up in Earth's atmosphere within months unless a rescue mission can push it back to a higher orbit. The article discusses the telescope's impending re-entry and a potential rescue by startup Katalyst Space Technologies using its Link spacecraft.

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A one-of-a-kind NASA space telescope is about to fall out of the sky.

Without a rescue mission, NASA's Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will burn up in the atmosphere within a few months.

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Without a rescue mission, NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will burn up in the atmosphere within a few months.

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