Katalyst Space's LINK servicing spacecraft, launched July 3 for NASA's Swift Boost Mission to raise the orbit of the Swift gamma-ray telescope, experienced attitude-control failure over the weekend causing the spacecraft to spin.
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Some not-so-good news from the NASA Swift Boost Mission. Over the weekend, Katalyst’s LINK servicing spacecraft experienced issues with attitude control, causing the spacecraft to spin and resulting in sporadic communications. Preliminary diagnosis: two of LINK’s three reaction wheels currently are not operable, and there is some loss of functionality in its cold gas thruster system. Mitigation an
Katalyst Space’s LINK spacecraft, launched July 3 for NASA’s Swift Boost Mission, developed attitude-control problems over the weekend as it prepared to raise the orbit of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory [astronomy.com#1][rbc.ua#1][theregister.com#1][vnexpress.net#1]. NASA said a preliminary review found that two of LINK’s three reaction wheels are not operating and that its cold-gas thruste