{"id":439629,"date":"2026-05-09T02:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439629\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T02:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T02:14:11","slug":"katalyst-readies-link-for-nasa-space-telescope-servicing-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/439629\/","title":{"rendered":"Katalyst Readies LINK For NASA Space Telescope Servicing Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Katalyst Readies LINK For NASA Space Telescope Servicing Boost | Aviation Week Network<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/mark-carreau\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carreau<\/a><br \/>\n                    May 08, 2026<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/swift_millionth_image_mosaic_2k.jpg\" alt=\"This mosaic of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is created from images of astronomical objects captured by the satellite\u2019s Ultraviolet\/Optical Telescope which recently captured its millionth image. Each tile is 52 x 39 pixels, and at maximum resolution, the entire mosaic is 5,252 x 3,744 pixels. Zoom in to see each tile more clearly.  Credit: NASA\/Swift and AndreaMosaic\" class=\"b-lazy  img \"\/><\/p>\n<p>A mosaic of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: NASA\/Swift and AndreaMosaic<\/p>\n<p>  HOUSTON\u2014Katalyst Space Technologies this week completed environmental testing of its LINK robotic servicing spacecraft, a milestone in a planned June launch to boost NASA\u2019s descending Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Launched on Nov. 20, 2004, Swift was placed in an initial 324-nm-high orbit with a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1774577589_574_carreau-mark.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/mark-carreau\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Carreau<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America&#8217;s space program through news reporting.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscription Required<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Katalyst Readies LINK For NASA Space Telescope Servicing Boost is published in Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily &amp; Defense Report through your company? <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/user\/login\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Login<\/a>\u00a0with your existing email and password.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:25px;\">Not a member?\u00a0 Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what&#8217;s happening in the aerospace and defense community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katalyst Readies LINK For NASA Space Telescope Servicing Boost | Aviation Week Network https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,82],"class_list":["post-439629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}