NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission

A spacecraft built by Katalyst Space launched in July with the goal of boosting the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, but it suffered control issues after launch

Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture or boost an agency satellite to a higher altitude to extend its science mission as planned. However, LINK still will attempt to…