Astronomia Brasil
Sucesso

Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission

Northrop Grumman Space Systems · Pegasus XL

Data / Hora

Local de Lançamento

Kwajalein Atoll

Air launch to orbit

Missão

Swift Boost Mission

Fornecedor

Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Sobre a Missão

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.

Local de Lançamento

Kwajalein Atoll — Air launch to orbit