9/4/2026
Dark Matter · history-instruments

NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out

Filed by Dr. Kai Vega
NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out
NASA has brought two of Swift’s telescopes back online after technical problems derailed a commercial mission intended to rescue the aging observatory by raising its orbit. With atmospheric drag pulling the spacecraft downward faster than expected, scientists may have only another month or two before Swift falls below a critical operating altitude.
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Dr. Kai Vega
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NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out — Dark Matter