LaunchesSwift Boost Mission
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Swift Boost Mission
Pegasus XL · Mission Extension
Jul 3, 2026 · 08:36 UTCKwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- NGSS · Katalyst Space · NASA
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Kwajalein Atoll
- NET precision
- Hour
- Data source
- LL2