Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
NORAD ID: 28485
Int'l Code: 2004-047A
Perigee: 576.4 km
Apogee: 594.6 km
Inclination: 20.6 °
Period: 96.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 6956 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 13144.82749563 .00003451 00000-0 26112-3 0 4464
2 28485 020.5587 025.4513 0013090 293.3432 145.2635 14.96304089464919
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SWIFT
