Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
NORAD ID: 28485
Int'l Code: 2004-047A
Perigee: 573.6 km
Apogee: 591.2 km
Inclination: 20.6 °
Period: 96.2 minutes
Semi major axis: 6953 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 13346.58962341 .00005812 00000-0 45235-3 0 5902
2 28485 020.5586 070.3384 0012668 294.4051 065.5060 14.97289034495173
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SWIFT
