Post #4178622
2026-07-03 09:07 UTC
The launch of the NASA Swift Boost Mission was attempted today Friday at 8:35 p.m. UTC+12 (4:35 a.m. EDT).
No status update yet.
Yesterday's launch abort was traced to a software issue that affected Pegasus navigation performance. A software update has been implemented. That was a quick fix and production deployment!
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/2026/07/02/nasa-partners-update-launch-date-for-mission-to-boost-swift/
DutchSpace posted the flight track of the aircraft tail ID N140SC at
https://bsky.app/profile/dutchspace.bsky.social/post/3mpq4gy6tb22t
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@AkaSci@fosstodon.org 2026-07-03 09:14
Flight track today of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar aircraft, tail ID N140SC, which hopefully launched the Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket for the NASA Swift Boost Mission. 🤞 https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n140sc#407b94f9 14/n