NASA has reluctantly called off a mission designed to nudge one of its telescopes to a higher orbit after a private rescue spacecraft failed to shake off an issue with its attitude control.
LINK, the servicing spacecraft developed by contractor Katalyst Space Technologies, experienced issues with attitude control in late July that caused it to spin uncontrollably in orbit. Last week, it looked like the company may have found a fix but a recent update from NASA has squashed all hope once and for all.
“Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft will not capture…
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