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