Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission

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Pegasus XL | Swift Boost 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.

Mission type: Mission Extension · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Pegasus XL · Provider: Northrop Grumman Space Systems

Launch pad

Kwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit · View on map (opens in new tab)