LINK 将与 Swift 会合，但不会进行轨道提升

美国国家航天局（NASA）宣布，旨在提升格雷尔斯雨燕天文台（Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory）轨道任务的 LINK 航天器因姿态控制故障，将无法执行轨道提升任务。尽管如此，LINK 仍将按计划与该望远镜进行会合。

NASA announced Aug. 19 that the Katalyst Space LINK spacecraft built to boost the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will still rendezvous with the telescope but won’t raise its orbit, after an attitude-control failure sidelined LINK during on-orbit commissioning. The Swift Boost Mission was a quick-turnaround rescue attempt designed to save the Swift observatory from Continue reading "LINK to meet with Swift, but won’t boost" The post LINK to meet with Swift, but won’t boost appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .