{"id":802868,"date":"2026-07-01T11:13:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=802868"},"modified":"2026-07-01T11:13:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T16:13:32","slug":"link-spacecraft-set-for-mission-to-boost-nasas-swift-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=802868","title":{"rendered":"LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA&#8217;s Swift Observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"hds-attachment-single__caption color-carbon-05 padding-0 p-sm\">A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility on the evening of Tuesday, June 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: NASA\/Ron Beard<\/p>\n<p class=\"hds-attachment-single__image_article color-carbon-05 padding-0 p-sm\"><span class=\"line-height-alt-1 color-spacesuit-white\">Read More<\/span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"\/><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"hds-social-share hds-share\" id=\"social-share-popover\">\n<p><span class=\"font-size--x-small\" id=\"copy-to-clipboard\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/stargazer-aircraft-with-link-spacecraft-at-nasa-wallops\/<\/span><button class=\"usa-button usa-button--unstyled\" id=\"copy-url\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copy URL to clipboard&gt;<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<p>\t<span id=\"alert-label\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Download<\/span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 30 30;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><polygon fill=\"#fff\" points=\"27,21 27,25.5 3,25.5 3,21 0,21 0,28.6 2.5,28.6 3,28.6 27,28.6 30,28.6 30,25.5 30,21 \"\/><polygon fill=\"#fff\" points=\"24.6,13.5 22.6,11.6 16.4,17.4 16.4,1.4 13.6,1.4 13.6,17.3 7.5,11.5 5.4,13.5 15,22.5 \"\/><\/g><\/svg><button class=\"usa-button hds-button hds-button-share\" id=\"social-share-button\"><span>Share<\/span><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewbox=\"0 0 30 30\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 30 30;\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><g><path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M24.8,0c2.2,0.1,4,1.6,4.4,3.7c0.5,2.5-1.2,4.9-3.8,5.3c-1.4,0.2-2.6-0.2-3.6-1.1c-0.1-0.1-0.1,0-0.2,0 c-1.1,0.6-2.1,1.2-3.2,1.7c-2.1,1.1-4.2,2.2-6.2,3.4c-0.8,0.4-1.6,0.8-2.4,1.3c-0.1,0.1-0.1,0.1-0.1,0.2c0,0.4,0,0.7,0,1.1 c0,0.1,0,0.2,0.1,0.2c1.4,0.7,2.7,1.5,4.1,2.2c1.7,0.9,3.4,1.8,5.1,2.7c0.9,0.5,1.7,0.9,2.5,1.4c0.1,0.1,0.2,0.1,0.3,0 c1-0.8,2.2-1.2,3.4-1c2,0.2,3.6,1.8,3.9,3.7c0.4,2.5-1.2,4.8-3.7,5.2c-2.4,0.4-4.8-1.3-5.2-3.7c-0.1-0.4-0.1-0.9,0-1.3 c0-0.1,0-0.1-0.1-0.2c-1.4-0.7-2.7-1.5-4.1-2.2c-1.5-0.8-3-1.6-4.4-2.4c-1.1-0.6-2.2-1.2-3.3-1.8c-0.1,0-0.1,0-0.2,0 c-0.9,0.8-2,1.1-3.2,1.1c-2.1-0.1-3.8-1.7-4.2-3.7C0.4,13.3,2,11,4.5,10.6c1.4-0.2,2.6,0.1,3.7,1c0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2,0 c2.4-1.3,4.9-2.6,7.3-3.9c1.5-0.8,3-1.6,4.5-2.4c0.1,0,0.1-0.1,0.1-0.2c-0.3-2.3,1.2-4.5,3.5-5C24.1,0.1,24.5,0,24.8,0z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/stargazer-aircraft-with-link-spacecraft-at-nasa-wallops\/?rand=771643\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility on the evening of&hellip; 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