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here as its orbit decayed. This endeavor is something never attempted in space. The SWIFT Boost mission calls for an untested spacecraft to rendezvous with, grab a hold of the SWIFT telescope without damaging it for which the SWIFT was never designed to dock or be reduced. And then light engines and boost the telescope back to a higher-saged orbit before the observatory falls back to Earth. And all this for just $30 million. SWIFT Observatory launched in 2004 on a $250 million mission to search the sky for gamma-rate bursts and other high-energy astrophysics.