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Extended Mission

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Swift detects bursts of gamma rays and rapidly slews to study their fading afterglows in X-ray, ultraviolet and optical light. It remains a key alert system for transient astronomy.

Technical specifications

3D model is aproximate

CATEGORY

Observatory

TYPE

Telescope

COUNTRY

United States

OPERATOR

NASA

LAUNCH DATE

Nov 20, 2004

LAUNCH SITE

Cape Canaveral

ORBIT CLASS

LEO

ALTITUDE · KM

364

ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN

91.83

INCLINATION · DEG

20.55

APOGEE · KM

365

PERIGEE · KM

363

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