SWIFT

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SWIFT is classified as:

• Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 28485
Int'l Code: 2004-047A
Perigee: 553.7 km
Apogee: 569.0 km
Inclination: 20.6 °
Period: 95.7 minutes
Semi major axis: 6932 km
RCS: 7.876 m² (large)
Launch date: November 20, 2004
Source: United States (US)
Launch site: AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE (AFETR)

The Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer is a three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma ray bursts (GRBs) and monitoring the afterglow in X-ray, and UV/Visible light at the location of a burst. Burst detection rate is expected to be greater than 100 per year, with a sensitivity ~3 times fainter than the BATSE detector aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. The Swift mission has a nominal on-orbit lifetime of 2 years.

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1 28485U 04047A   18145.60463166 +.00000781 +00000-0 +23237-4 0  9990
2 28485 020.5564 260.1848 0011001 245.0924 114.8366 15.04116047739804

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC