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NASA contracts startup to boost aging Swift telescope's orbit and prevent reentry

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NASA has tasked US startup Katalyst Space Technologies with a mission to prevent its Swift space telescope from falling back to Earth. The company secured the NASA contract in September and will deploy a three-armed robotic spacecraft called Lift for the operation. Lift will launch aboard an air-launched Pegasus rocket from the Marshall Islands and spend approximately one month catching up with Swift in orbit. The Swift telescope has been continuously observing the universe since its launch in 2004.

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