Jalopnik August 25, 2026 • 19:51

NASA Can't Rescue The Satellite That Was Going To Rescue Another Satellite After All - Jalopnik

By Nicholas Werner

The plan was for the Link satellite to fly over to Swift, grab onto it, and haul it back up into a stable orbit. Unfortunately, that's not what happened.

On July 25, Link transited into a known communications black-out zone, which should have only lasted an hour or so. Somewhere in that hour, something went horrifically wrong, and the rescue satellite… [+1989 chars]

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NASA Can't Rescue The Satellite That Was Going To Rescue Another Satellite After All - Jalopnik

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