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Mission Overview
Contracted by NASA under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract, Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK servicing spacecraft will rendezvous and attach to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to re-boost its orbit. This aims to demonstrate a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s science lifetime in gamma ray astronomy.
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Payloads
1
Type
Mission Extension
Vehicle
Pegasus XL
Rocket
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Pegasus XL
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Launch Site
Air launch to orbit