2026 · Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Swift Boost Mission
successPegasus XL | Swift Boost 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.
Overview
- Date / time
- July 3, 2026 at 08:36 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Kwajalein Atoll
- Mission
- Swift Boost Mission
- Mission type
- Mission Extension
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit