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A Mission to Save NASA’s Swift Telescope Launches to Orbit

A Mission to Save NASA’s Swift Telescope Launches to Orbit
NYT Science Friday 03 July 2026, 11:22 UTC By Kenneth Chang 1 min read
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An artist’s concept of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory telescope being ferried to a higher orbit over Earth by Link, a spacecraft from Katalyst Space Technologies.

An artist’s concept of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory telescope being ferried to a higher orbit over Earth by Link, a spacecraft from Katalyst Space Technologies.
NASA (ORG) Swift Telescope Launches (ORG) Earth (LOCATION) Katalyst Space Technologies (ORG)
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