Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
NORAD ID: 28485
Int'l Code: 2004-047A
Perigee: 569.5 km
Apogee: 587.4 km
Inclination: 20.6 °
Period: 96.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 6949 km
Launch date: November 20, 2004
Source: United States (US)
Comments: 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.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 28485U 04047A 14113.47238156 .00006383 00000-0 48326-3 0 6733
2 28485 020.5567 236.7672 0012893 142.5259 217.6074 14.98580400514970
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SWIFT
