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NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescope

NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescopePhoto: The Verge

Plans to rescue NASA's Swift Observatory satellite from falling into Earth's atmosphere are seemingly dead in the water. The agency and Katalyst Space announced yesterday that the Link spacecraft will no longer capture or boost the Swift telescope to a higher altitude due to an ongoing "attitude con

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