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NASA launches robotic mission to save telescope falling back to Earth

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NASA launched a $30 million robotic mission to prevent its ageing Swift Observatory telescope from falling back to Earth. The Link spacecraft, built by Katalyst Space Technologies and launched by Northrop Grumman, will attempt to boost the 2004-launched telescope approximately 300km higher in orbit over several months.

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