Ghonhee Lee is affiliated with Katalyst Space and is preparing a mission to autonomously dock with the NASA Swift observatory later this year.
Katalyst's Link robotic servicer will rendezvous with NASA's Swift Observatory and raise it to a higher orbit after launch.
Katalyst has selected Northrop Grumman's Pegasus-XL rocket to launch the Swift Rescue Mission.
The launch of the 'Swift Rescue Mission' is set for no earlier than June 1st, 2026.
The launch of the Swift Rescue Mission is scheduled for June 2026.
Northrop Grumman is preparing their L-1011 TriStar plane named 'Stargazer' for the Pegasus launch of the 'Swift Rescue Mission.'
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman expressed pride in the swift actions taken to ensure astronaut safety.
Each additional year of operation for Swift enriches unique data archives that are difficult to replicate with new missions in the short term.
NASA is working to extend the operational life of the Swift satellite ahead of a future reboost mission.
The Swift satellite was launched in 2004 and is dedicated to studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy cosmic phenomena.
The reboost mission represents a technical solution for extending the operational time of the Swift satellite.
Telescopes used for X-ray observations of Tde 2020afhd include Swift, Nicer, and Xmm-Newton.
The research utilized X-ray data from NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and radio data from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array.
The observation of the gamma-ray burst was confirmed by the Burst Alert Telescope of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and other instruments.
Swift and NuSTAR detected brief and intense flares up to two days after the first powerful emission.
On July 3, 2025, Swift identified the location of GRB 250702B in the Scutum constellation, near the plane of the Milky Way.
Sergio Campana, a researcher at the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), contributed to identifying the precise position of the transient in the X-ray band using Swift.
If successful, the rescue operation will keep the Swift telescope operational for monitoring violent events in the universe.
The success of the Swift rescue operation will validate a new business model for in-orbit services.
Katalyst has selected Northrop Grumman's Pegasus-XL rocket to launch the Swift Rescue Mission.