Engineers are attempting to regain control of Katalyst Space Technologies' Link satellite after it spun out of control over 200 miles above Earth. Link was tasked with boosting NASA's $500 million Swift observatory into a higher orbit.
Engineers are attempting to regain control of Katalyst Space Technologies' Link satellite after it spun out of control over 200 miles above Earth. Link was tasked with boosting NASA's $500 million Swift observatory into a higher orbit.
A refrigerator-sized rescue satellite named Link spun out of control during a mission to boost the orbit of NASA's $500 million Swift gamma-ray observatory. Engineers are currently attempting to fix thruster and hardware issues to regain control.