NASA and Catalyst send spacecraft to save US observatory

NASA and Catalyst Space Technologies have launched a robotic spacecraft to rescue NASA's space telescope, known as "Swift," which is at risk of drifting out of its orbit due to the lack of a self-propulsion system. The mission aims to safely capture the observatory and pull it into a higher, stable orbit, potentially extending its operational life by several years. This operation is the first of its kind in the United States for raising satellite orbits. The spacecraft was designed and tested in just nine months at a cost of $30 million, following its launch aboard a Pegasus rocket from a base in the Marshall Islands.

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