Link Satellite in Spin, Swift in Peril | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews A daring space rescue is in jeopardy as NASA’s $30 million mission to save the aging Swift telescope faces a twist: its rescue satellite, Link, is spinning out of control just three weeks after launch. Built by Katalyst Space in under a year, Link was meant to boost Swift’s orbit before it crashes back to Earth this fall — but thruster failures are scrambling communications. Despite the setback, both teams remain determined, with Katalyst insisting all other systems are intact and working around the clock to fix the spin. The fate of Swift’s critical cosmic observations now hangs in the balance — and the rescuer’s own survival is at stake. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/f91ff39dd83e11f2