A spacecraft designed to raise the decaying orbit of a NASA astrophysics satellite has passed environmental tests ahead of a launch as soon as June.
NASA and spacecraft manufacturer Katalyst Space said May 8 that Katalyst's Link spacecraft successfully completed a series of environmental tests at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
That work included vibration tests to mimic the environment Link will experience during launch on a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket.
