NASA and Katalyst Space Establish Communications With Orbital Servicing Spacecraft LINK
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Alise Fisher
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Teams have established communications with Katalyst Space's robotic servicing spacecraft LINK, which successfully launched on Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket. LINK is designed to raise the orbit of NASA's aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Over the coming weeks, Katalyst will perform checkout procedures on LINK's propulsion, sensor, and navigation systems before it approaches Swift for a survey of the 21-year-old observatory.
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· 3 pulledTeams have successfully established communications with Katalyst Space's robotic servicing spacecraft LINK
Making contact with LINK was the spacecraft's first in-orbit operation, after launch and separation Friday from Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket and power-on
Over the next several weeks, Katalyst will perform checkout procedures for LINK, including assessments of its propulsion, sensor, and navigation systems
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