Launch Overview
Vehicle
Pegasus XL
Agency
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Site / Pad
KMR / RW06/24
Outcome
Success
Flight
F46
COSPAR Designator
2026-152
Mission
Swift Boost Mission (Mission Extension)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Pegasus XL
Provider
Northrop Grumman Space Systems
Agency launches
17 (2 YTD)
Site launches
52 (1 YTD)
Pad launches
5 (1 YTD)