Katalyst Link satellite fails to rescue Swift Observatory

NASA's $30 million robotic tug mission ended after control issues prevented the spacecraft from capturing the Swift telescope.

Caleb Mbeki

Planetary Science Reporter

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NASA paid $30 million to Katalyst Space Technologies to raise the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to a safer orbit, but the mission failed due to control problems with the Link spacecraft. ^[1]