API VERSION: 1.2
API SOURCE: NASA/JPL Horizons API

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 Revised: Sep 14, 2026        LINK Spacecraft (2026-152A)               -169792
 
  Katalyst Space Technologies's LINK is a robotic servicing spacecraft intended
  to boost NASA's Swift Observatory from a rapidly decaying Earth orbit.
 
  LINK will pursue Swift over several weeks, aiming to grapple it and lift
  it to 600 km altitude orbit above Earth, roughly double its current altitude.
 
  LINK was released at ~40,000 ft from the L-1011 carrier aircraft "Stargazer"
  over the Marshall Islands. A Northrup Grumman Pegasus XL rocket then
  propelled it into orbit in ~13 minutes.
 
  The coarse trajectory here is based on TLE's so will not contain predictive
  maneuvering. Ballistic extrapolation up to 5 days past the epoch of the last
  TLE is allowed, but will not reflect maneuvers until after they occur.
 
 Launch date  : 2026-Jul-03 08:36 UTC, Kwajalein Atoll
 Dimensions   : 1.5 x 6 m
 Initial orbit: 362 x 392 km, inclination 20.6 degrees.
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Ephemeris / API_USER Mon Sep 14 13:42:10 2026 Pasadena, USA      / Horizons    
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Target body name: LINK (spacecraft) (-169792)     {source: LINK}
Center body name: Earth (399)                     {source: DE441}
Center-site name: iTelescope Obs., Siding Spring
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Start time      : A.D. 2026-Sep-02 00:00:00.0000 UT      
Stop  time      : A.D. 2026-Sep-05 00:00:00.0000 UT      
Step-size       : 10 minutes
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Target pole/equ : undefined
Target radii    : undefined                                                    
Center geodetic : 149.0644, -31.2733577, 1.16499  {E-lon(deg),Lat(deg),Alt(km)}
Center cylindric: 149.0644,5457.31536,-3292.4397  {E-lon(deg),Dxy(km),Dz(km)}
Center pole/equ : ITRF93                          {East-longitude positive}
Center radii    : 6378.137, 6378.137, 6356.752 km {Equator_a, b, pole_c}       
Target primary  : Earth
Vis. interferer : MOON (R_eq= 1737.400) km        {source: DE441}
Rel. light bend : Sun                             {source: DE441}
Rel. lght bnd GM: 1.3271E+11 km^3/s^2                                          
Atmos refraction: NO (AIRLESS)
RA format       : HMS
Time format     : CAL 
Calendar mode   : Mixed Julian/Gregorian
RTS-only print  : NO       
EOP file        : eop.260911.p261208                                           
EOP coverage    : DATA-BASED 1962-JAN-20 TO 2026-SEP-11. PREDICTS-> 2026-DEC-07
Units conversion: 1 au= 149597870.700 km, c= 299792.458 km/s, 1 day= 86400.0 s 
Table cut-offs 1: Elevation (  0.0deg=YES),Airmass (>38.000=NO), Daylight (YES)
Table cut-offs 2: Solar elongation ( 12.0,180.0=YES),Local Hour Angle( 0.0=NO )
Table cut-offs 3: RA/DEC angular rate (     0.0=NO )                           
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$$SOE
No ephemeris meets criteria. Check table cut-off values shown above for:
 
  elevation angle
  airmass
  daylight only
  solar elongation
  local hour angle
  RA/DEC angular rate

$$EOE
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