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NASA launched this spacecraft to save a satellite. Now, it needs saving too
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Click for next articleA collage of a Katalyst spacecraft and the NASA Swift observatory it will try to save after launchThings aren't going so well for NASA's latest satellite rescue mission.
The spacecraft is called LINK and was built by Arizona-based Katalyst Space Technologies.
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, shown in this artist's concept, orbits Earth as it studies the ever-changing universe.
Signup to our newsletter Follow us on GoogleArtist's illustration of Katalyst Space Technologies' Link servicing spacecraft approaching and capturing NASA's Swift space observatory on an orbit-boosting mission.
(Image credit: Katalyst Space Technologies)The Swift observatory, officially known as the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory , was launched in 2004 at a cost of $250 million.