Tag: Katalyst
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Katalyst Slows Tumbling Link Spacecraft as Clock Ticks on NASA’s Swift Rescue
Link launched July 3 on a Pegasus rocket. Weeks later, during post-launch commissioning, the spacecraft lost attitude control and entered what Katalyst on July 28 described as a multi-axis spin. Two of the spacecraft’s three reaction wheels were not functioning after the incident, and its reaction control system thrusters were only partially working. The company…