El observatorio se encuentra en peligro debido a que su órbita se está degradando rápidamente.

NASA's daring Swift Boost mission launches June 27 to save the nearly 22-year-old Swift observatory , which is being dragged out of space by Earth's atmosphere.

Observatório Swift, em operação desde 2004, será alvo de uma tentativa de resgate robótico para elevar sua órbita e prolongar sua vida útil

And the Hubble Space Telescope could be next

The Swift Observatory, launched in 2004, has been falling back to Earth due to recent higher-than-usual solar activity.