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Nasa races to save ageing Swift telescope from falling back to earth; Hubble could be next

Science 29 Jun 2026
Nasa races to save ageing Swift telescope from falling back to earth; Hubble could be next

It will take Katalyst's autonomous spacecraft, named Lift, about a month to rendezvous with Swift and catch it, and another couple of months to raise its orbit from the current 224 miles (360 kilometres) to the desired 373 miles (600 kilometres)