Due to increased solar activity, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory’s orbit has prematurely decayed, threatening to end the mission by the end of this year. Launched in 2004, the multiwavelength telescope utilizes three co-aligned instruments to detect and observe gamma-ray bursts in gamma-ray, X-ray, and UV/optical light. Now circling Earth at about 370 km, the spacecraft could operate for at least five more years if returned to its optimal near-circular 600-km Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at an inclination of 20.6° relative to the equator as its science instruments, solar arrays, batteries, and other components are all operating nominally. In order to return it to the desired 600-km altitude, NASA, Katalyst Space Technologies and Northrop Grumman have created an ambitious plan: On June 27, a Northrop Grumman Stargazer aircraft will deploy a Pegasus XL rocket from which the Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft will separate and autonomously rendezvous with and capture Swift using three robotic arms to push the craft to a higher orbit using ion thrusters. Stargazer will take off from the Kwajalein Atoll, part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Incredibly, Katalyst designed, built, and fully tested the LINK satellite in under eight months. This mission also marks the final launch of the Pegasus XL rocket, which had its first flight in 1994. (Image Credits: NASA, Katalyst, NG)