Pegasus launches Swift reboost mission

According to SpaceNews, a Pegasus XL rocket has launched a mission to reboost NASA's Swift spacecraft, one of the agency's premier astrophysics observatories. Swift, which has been studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy cosmic events since twenty-oh-four, needed a boost to maintain its orbital altitude. The Pegasus XL, an air-launched rocket known for its responsiveness and flexibility, may be flying one of its final missions—a fitting coda for a launch vehicle that has served as a workhorse for small-to-medium satellite deployments over three decades.

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