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Last-minute launch problem delays satellite rescue mission for NASA
A last-minute launch problem delayed a NASA satellite rescue mission aimed at saving the Swift Observatory. Northrop Grumman's rocket-launching plane failed to release the Pegasus rocket carrying a robotic spacecraft built by Katalyst Space Technologies, which is intended to prevent the telescope from crashing by October.
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