Space Startup Katalyst Launches Orbital Rescue Mission for Aging NASA Observatory

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NASA and Arizona-based startup Katalyst launched a robotic spacecraft over the Pacific on Thursday on a mission to rescue an aging NASA satellite observatory while demonstrating a new orbital grappling technology at the center of the U.S.-China space race.

The half-ton spacecraft called LINK was specially built to save the prized $500 million Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory by latching onto the crippled satellite and taking it to a higher, sustainable orbit, potentially extending its mission by years.
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