Products: satellite-servicing. Risk band: Elevated RobotRisk index 30.5/100 (incidents/exposure, time-weighted) · 100th percentile of 118 defense space companies.
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. At index 23.1 and the 96.6th percentile of defense-space, the one incident places Katalyst near the top of its category by index despite the limited row count, reflecting the severity weighting of a total loss-of-control event. No trajectory can be established from a single data point; the record shows a discrete hardware/control failure, not a pattern.
| Sev | Date | Type | Location | Incident | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S4 | 08/19 2026 |
mission-loss | Earth orbit | NASA and Katalyst end Swift Observatory rescue mission after spacecraft failure · 1 spacecraft (Link) | Bloomberg |
| S4 | 07/2026 | malfunction | — | Attitude control and reaction wheel failures leave LINK spacecraft spinning uncontrolled, forcing NASA to abandon Swift rescue/reboost · LINK servicing spacecraft (Swift Rescu… | Ars Technica |