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Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble
['Associated Press']
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The spacecraft rushing to the rescue of an aging and sinking NASA telescope has run into its own problem.
The trouble struck over the weekend, three weeks after the three-armed robotic spacecraft blasted into orbit.
The startup company said it’s working nonstop to get Link back in action so it can capture Swift and boost the telescope to a higher orbit.
NASA is paying $30 million for the rescue effort, which was thrown together in under a year.
“The mission remains active and we continue to believe that with these changes, Link has a viable path to rendezvous with Swift,” Katalyst said in a statement.