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Swift Telescope Rescue Fails | Science News
NASA’s aging Swift telescope, a cosmic explosion hunter since 2004, is set for a fiery demise after a $30 million rescue mission failed spectacularly. The custom-built LINK spacecraft, designed to grab and boost Swift’s orbit, spiraled out of control just weeks after launch, losing communication and resisting thruster fixes. With the mission officially canceled, Swift will likely burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year, leaving a major gap in high-energy astronomy. Though Katalyst Space Technologies won’t recover Swift, they’re still harvesting data from LINK to refine future satellite…
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