Swift Boost Mission Launch Thread - sh.itjust.works
| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-06-30, 10:23:00
[https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=1023&d=2026-06-30] | | — | — | | Scheduled
for (local) | 2026-06-30, 22:23:00 (MHT) | | Mission | Swift Rescue Mission
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_rescue_mission] | | Launch site |
Stargazer, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands |
| Launch Provider | Northrop Grumman | Vehicle | Pegasus
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Pegasus] | | Target Orbit | LEO
| # Livestreams It is unclear whether there will be any live video of this
launch. If there is, it will likely be at one of the links below. | Stream |
Link | | — | — | | NASA YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@NASA/streams
[https://www.youtube.com/@NASA/streams] | NASA+ | | NASASpaceflight |
https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams
[https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams] | Space Affairs |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZ2dc-e4NI
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZ2dc-e4NI] | SpaceflightNow |
https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceflightNowVideo/streams
[https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceflightNowVideo/streams] | The Launch Pad |
https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams
[https://www.youtube.com/@NASASpaceflight/streams] # Stats Sourced from
NextSpaceflight [https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/8045/]: ☑️ 1st
Pegasus launch of 2026, 46th overall # Mission info NextSpaceflight
[https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/8045/] > Swift Boost Mission > >
Katalyst’s robotic servicing spacecraft will rendezvous with NASA’s Neil Gehrels
Swift Observatory and raise it to a higher altitude, demonstrating a key
capability for the future of space exploration and extending the Swift mission’s
science lifetime.
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dailygalaxy.com:
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SpaceX Just Launched SiriusXM’s Most Powerful Satellite Ever: A 7.5-Ton Giant Built to Boost Radio Coverage
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".. lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at 10:25 p.m. EDT on June 28, sending the approximately 15,000-pound (7.5-ton) SXM-11 satellite toward a geostationary transfer orbit. .."
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SpaceX Just Launched SiriusXM's Most Powerful Satellite Ever: A 7.5-Ton Giant Built to Boost Radio Coverage
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