A daring mission to lift NASA’s sinking Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is now one step closer to launch this June.
Katalyst Wraps Testing at NASA Goddard for Swift Boost Mission
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NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a satellite that studies gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, and other cosmic objects and events.
A daring mission to lift NASA’s sinking Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is now one step closer to launch this June.
On April 14, engineers from Katalyst Space Technologies arrived at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, to begin environmental tests of the company’s LINK robotic servicing spacecraft.
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory temporarily suspended most science operations in an effort to reduce atmospheric drag and slow the spacecraft’s orbital decay. Halting these activities will enable controllers to keep the spacecraft in an orientation that minimizes drag effects, extending its time in orbit in anticipation of a reboost mission.
