It will take Katalyst's autonomous spacecraft, named Lift, about a month to rendezvous with Swift and catch it, and another couple of months to raise its orbit from the current 224 miles (360 kilometres) to the desired 373 miles (600 kilometres) Nasa is racing to save an ageing telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The USD 30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver. Nasa hired startup Katalyst Sp... [4155 chars]
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