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NASA Swift Boost Mission scrubs June 30 launch of Katalyst Space LINK robotic telescope-servicer due to weather
Image: Primary The launch of Katalyst Space's LINK robotic servicing spacecraft, built to boost the orbit of NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, was postponed Tuesday due to unfavorable weather conditions, NASA said. The scrub occurred on June 30, 2026, the original target date for the air-launched mission from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The next launch attempt is targeted for no earlier than Wednesday, July 1, at 9:43 p.m. UTC+12 (5:43 a.m. EDT), on Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL rocket, NASA said in a blog post
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