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Swift Telescope Rescue Mission | Bangor News
NASA’s aging Swift telescope, launched in 2004 to hunt cosmic explosions, is slowly spiraling toward Earth due to solar storms. To save it, NASA’s investing $30 million in a daring nine-month rescue by startup Katalyst—sending a three-armed spacecraft to gently nudge Swift 150 miles higher. If successful, Swift could resume its cosmic scans by September. The mission is a high-stakes gamble, with the risk of watching the telescope burn up before rescue. It’s also a warning: Hubble faces the same fate, and this rescue could be a blueprint for future orbital salvage operations. Listen in…
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