NASA's Swift rescue slips to late August as LINK battles its spin
Engineers used a thruster to cut LINK's rotation rate from 9 degrees per second to approximately 4 degrees per second, with further burns planned.Katalyst and NASA are also developing a new attitude controller suited to the spacecraft's reduced capabilities. Engineers are determining which systems remain usable and testing their plans in a simulator before trying them on the vehicle in orbit. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The trouble has pushed the targeted rendezvous to the end of August.
- ▪Engineers used a thruster to cut LINK's rotation rate from 9 degrees per second to approximately 4 degrees per second, with further burns planned.Katalyst and NASA are also developing a new attitude controller suited to the spacecraft's red
- ▪Engineers are determining which systems remain usable and testing their plans in a simulator before trying them on the vehicle in orbit.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The trouble has pushed the targeted rendezvous to the end of August.
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); SCIENCE NASA's Swift rescue slips to late August as LINK battles its spin Engineers make progress in stabilizing mission but push back the rendezvous date Richard Speed Richard Speed MICROSOFT ECOSYSTEM REPORTER Published fri 31 Jul 2026 // 13:41 UTC Katalyst Space has confirmed that problems with its LINK spacecraft have delayed its attempt to rescue NASA's Swift observatory, with rendezvous now targeted for the end of August.Katalyst disclosed the delay in an update on the spinning…
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