NASA’s Neil Gehrels #Swift Observatory has resumed use of its third science instrument, the Burst Alert Telescope, after the mission returned to data collection in August: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/swift/2026/09/25/nasas-swift-powers-on-third-instrument-restarts-automated-slewing/ - flight controllers have also allowed the spacecraft to resume automatically repointing its other telescopes to examine new high-energy flashes in the sky.
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NASA’s Neil Gehrels #Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than 275 kilometers above Earth’s surface: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/swift/nasas-swift-mission-ends/ - the greater atmospheric drag at this height prevents the satellite’s telescopes from steadily gazing at their astronomical targets.
NASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza