What Happened
Servicing Spacecraft To Reboost NASA Observatory
A Pegasus XL rocket is set to launch the Swift Boost mission on Tuesday, carrying a LINK spacecraft to reboost NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. The mission aims to extend the life of the gamma-ray telescope, whose orbit has been decaying. Additionally, ULA’s Atlas V will launch 29 Amazon Leo broadband satellites, and South Korea is targeting its first orbital launch of a four-stage solid-fuel rocket. This week’s launches were first reported by Astronomy Magazine.