SWIFT

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SWIFT is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 28485

Int'l Code: 2004-047A

Perigee: 554.4 km

Apogee: 570.3 km

Inclination: 20.6 °

Period: 95.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 6933 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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2 28485 020.5576 029.6268 0011488 359.0988 000.9425 15.03791459698211

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC