Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
NORAD ID: 28485
Int'l Code: 2004-047A
Perigee: 569.5 km
Apogee: 587.8 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 14107.61362424 .00005926 00000-0 44710-3 0 6698
2 28485 020.5578 277.3992 0013168 069.8486 290.3362 14.98500823514099
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for SWIFT
