Pegasus XL | Swift Rescue Mission
NET: 2026-06-30T00:00:00Z
TBD Mission Extension Low Earth Orbit
§ Launch
- Provider
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems
- Vehicle
- Pegasus XL
- Customer
- —
- Mission name
- Swift Rescue Mission
§ Pad
- Name
- Kwajalein Atoll
- Operator
- Air launch to orbit
- Country
- ???
- Coordinates
- 8.7167°, 167.7333°
§ 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.