SWIFT

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SWIFT is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 28485

Int'l Code: 2004-047A

Perigee: 512.9 km

Apogee: 524.1 km

Inclination: 20.6 °

Period: 94.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6889 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.

1 28485U 04047A   24134.49019742  .00017328  00000-0  79658-3 0  9991
2 28485  20.5573  69.4645 0008173 191.1159 168.9098 15.18167753 68897

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC