Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission

Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission

Northrop Grumman Space Systems · Pegasus XL · Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT

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Kwajalein Atoll
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Air launch to orbit
Location
Low Earth Orbit
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Mission Extension
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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.

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