NASA readies robot boost for Swift space telescope
NASA says Katalyst’s LINK robotic servicing spacecraft will launch on Northrop Grumman’s Pegasus XL in June, rendezvous with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, and raise its altitude to extend the telescope’s science mission.
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NASA puts Swift on the boost list.
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- NASA puts Swift on the boost list.
- Pegasus XL carries LINK toward a June launch.
- LINK has to rendezvous with the aging telescope.
- A clean boost could raise Swift’s orbit.
- That buys more time for gamma-ray burst alerts.
- First the mission still has to fly and catch its target.
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