Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Northrop Grumman Space Systems (Commercial)
• Rocket: Pegasus XL — Pegasus family

Mission

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.

• Type: Mission Extension
• Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Kwajalein Atoll
• Location: Air launch to orbit
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