Photo: Jeff Caplan, Langley Research Centre, NASA · Public domain (US government)

Swift Boost Mission

Success Northrop Grumman, Pegasus XL

Mission

Mission Extension · LEO

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…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
LINK 2026-152A Payload re-entered 2026-09-24
PEGASUS R/B 2026-152B Rocket body 327 × 349 km · 20.6° Globe

COSPAR ID 2026-152 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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