
NASA awarded Katalyst Space Technologies a $30 million contract to build and launch a satellite that will latch onto the aging Swift observatory and boost its orbit. Swift, launched in 2004, has no thrusters and has decayed from 363 miles to 225 miles altitude. The mission must succeed before Swift burns up in the atmosphere.
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NASA Taps Firefly Aerospace for Moon Drone Carrier Mission