Katalyst's LINK embarks on mission to salvage NASA's aging Swift observatory
Katalyst Space Technologies launched a half-ton robotic spacecraft named LINK on July 3 to rendezvous with the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and boost the crippled satellite into a higher orbit. Built in nine months under a $30 million NASA contract, LINK aims to grasp Swift with robot arms and tow it to roughly 373 miles above Earth, potentially …