Spacecraft sent on rescue mission now spinning out of control
Spacecraft sent on rescue mission now spinning out of control Gail Sherman 3:51 pm Fri Jul 31, 2026 Image: NASA NASA's mission to rescue a satellite falling out of orbit suffered a setback when the rescue craft experienced multiple failures. NASA launched Katalyst's LINK spacecraft earlier this month on a mission to boost the Swift Observatory into a stable orbit. While some craft have additional reaction wheels for redundancy, LINK has only three.
- ▪Spacecraft sent on rescue mission now spinning out of control Gail Sherman 3:51 pm Fri Jul 31, 2026 Image: NASA NASA's mission to rescue a satellite falling out of orbit suffered a setback when the rescue craft experienced multiple failures
- ▪NASA launched Katalyst's LINK spacecraft earlier this month on a mission to boost the Swift Observatory into a stable orbit.
- ▪While some craft have additional reaction wheels for redundancy, LINK has only three.
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Spacecraft sent on rescue mission now spinning out of control Gail Sherman 3:51 pm Fri Jul 31, 2026 Image: NASA NASA's mission to rescue a satellite falling out of orbit suffered a setback when the rescue craft experienced multiple failures. NASA launched Katalyst's LINK spacecraft earlier this month on a mission to boost the Swift Observatory into a stable orbit. In a blog post, NASA announced that "Katalyst's LINK servicing spacecraft experienced issues with attitude control, causing the spacecraft to spin and resulting in sporadic communications." Two of the craft's three reaction wheels, which are electric motors attached to flywheels, used to make small, precise movements without consuming fuel, were no longer functioning.
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