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NASA's $30 Million Bid To Save Ageing Swift Observatory Called off After Rescue Craft Suffers Control Problems

NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies have abandoned their mission to salvage the Swift Observatory due to severe control anomalies, leaving the telescope facing destruction as it continues to lose altitude.

International Business Times UK · Aug 19

'We are not giving up yet': Private mission to rescue NASA's Swift telescope is spinning out of control, and engineers are racing to fix it

Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft is recovering from an unexpected spin in orbit, and will need a little more time to rescue NASA's falling Swift observatory.

LiveScience · Jul 31

NASA mission to rescue a space telescope plummeting to Earth launches into orbit

NASA's Swift Observatory is slated to enter Earth's atmosphere later this year, but the Katalyst Space spacecraft is finally on its way to boost it higher this summer

LiveScience · Jul 2