Katalyst Space Technologies
Products: satellite-servicing. Risk band: High RobotRisk index 50.8/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 1 of 16 among Defense / space companies with incidents (123 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record holds a single entry: an attitude-control and reaction-wheel failure on the LINK spacecraft in July 2026, severity 4, resulting in uncontrolled spin. This is a single-event record with no prior history in the data, driven by a spacecraft-subsystem malfunction rather than regulatory or press scrutiny of the company generally. Katalyst Space Technologies's index of 50.8 ranks 1 of 16 companies in Defense / space with incident history. No trajectory can be established from a single data point; the record shows a discrete hardware/control failure, not a pattern.
Risk index
Incident timeline
Comparisons over time
Per-type breakdown
| Incident type | Unique incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mission-loss | 1 | 50% |
| malfunction | 1 | 50% |
Unique incident list
2 unique incidents on file for this company.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 19 Aug 2026 | mission-loss | Earth orbit | NASA and Katalyst end Swift Observatory rescue mission after spacecraft failure · 1 spacecraft (Link) | Bloomberg |
| S4 | ~Jul 2026 | malfunction | — | Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost · LINK servicing spacecraft (Swift Rescue Mission) | Ars Technica |
S4 19 Aug 2026 · mission-loss · NASA and Katalyst end Swift Observatory rescue mission after spacecraft failure
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 19 Aug 2026 | NASA and Katalyst end Swift Observatory rescue mission after spacecraft failure | Bloomberg |
S4 ~Jul 2026 · malfunction · Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost
| Sev | Date | Supporting source row | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | ~Jul 2026 | Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost | Ars Technica |
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