Swift Boost Mission
Swift Boost Mission launched on Pegasus XL (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) from Air launch to orbit, Fri, 3 Jul 2026, 08:36 UTC. Result: Launch Successful.
Contracted by NASA under the Small Business Innovation Research Phase 3 contract, Katalyst Space Technologies' LINK servicing spacecraft will rendezvous and attach to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to re-boost its orbit. This aims to demonstrate a key capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s science lifetime in gamma ray astronomy.
- Rocket
- Pegasus XL
- Provider
- Northrop Grumman Space Systems
- Launch site
- Kwajalein Atoll, Air launch to orbit
- Destination
- Low Earth Orbit
- Status
- Launch Successful
- Mission type
- Mission Extension