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NASA Swift rescue mission spins into trouble during commissioning

Two reaction wheels are out and comms sporadic as controllers work to stabilize LINK Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft is having some attitude problems on its way to rescue NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, resulting in a multi-axis…

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Two reaction wheels are out and comms sporadic as controllers work to stabilize LINK Katalyst Space's LINK spacecraft is having some attitude problems on its way to rescue NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, resulting in a multi-axis spin and loss of communications.

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