"NASA has spent $30 million US to try to raise the telescope to a longer-lasting orbit
The mission to save NASA’s sinking Swift Observatory was called off Wednesday, dooming the telescope to a fiery re-entry later this year.
NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced the news more than a month after the startup’s Link spacecraft rocketed away to the telescope’s rescue.
Katalyst said Link will not attempt to capture Swift and boost it to a higher orbit because of problems with controlling the spacecraft."
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