Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission

Mission Details

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.

Type

Mission Extension

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

Pad

Kwajalein Atoll

Location

Air launch to orbit

Country

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