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NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescope

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August 21, 2026 • 52 views
Original source: The Verge
NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescope

Plans to rescue NASA's Swift Observatory satellite from falling into Earth's atmosphere are seemingly dead in the water. The agency and Katalyst Space announced yesterday that the Link spacecraft will no longer capture or boost the Swift telescope to a higher…

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