Manifest / 01
Swift Boost Mission
This mission is complete.
Mission Brief
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.
Mission Timeline
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Launch site
Kwajalein Atoll
Air launch to orbit
- Latitude
- 8.717°N
- Longitude
- 167.733°E
Range Weather
Launch commit criteria
Tracking no weather issues at this time.
- Primary concern
- No weather issues
- Rule count
- 0
- Temperature
- Not reported
- Surface wind
- Not reported
08:36 AM UTC - 08:36 AM UTC
Provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Profile →USA • Founded 2015
Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missi...
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