Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
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| Names | Explorer-84 MIDEX-3 |
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| Mission type | Gamma-ray astronomy | ||||||||
| Operator | NASA / GSFC | ||||||||
| COSPAR ID | 2004-047A | ||||||||
| SATCAT no. | 28485 | ||||||||
| Website | swift |
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| Mission duration | Planned: 2 years Elapsed: 12 years, 3 months and 11 days |
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| Spacecraft properties | |||||||||
| Bus | LEOStar-3 | ||||||||
| Manufacturer | Spectrum Astro | ||||||||
| Launch mass | 1,467 kg (3,234 lb) | ||||||||
| Dry mass | 613 kg (1,351 lb) | ||||||||
| Payload mass | 843 kg (1,858 lb) | ||||||||
| Dimensions | 5.6 × 5.4 m (18.5 × 17.75 ft) | ||||||||
| Power | 2132 W | ||||||||
| Start of mission | |||||||||
| Launch date | November 20, 2004, 17:16 UTC | ||||||||
| Rocket | Delta II 7320-10C | ||||||||
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-17 | ||||||||
| Contractor | Boeing | ||||||||
| Orbital parameters | |||||||||
| Reference system | Geocentric | ||||||||
| Regime | Low Earth | ||||||||
| Semi-major axis | 6,939 km (4,312 mi) | ||||||||
| Eccentricity | 0.0011647 | ||||||||
| Perigee | 560.1 km (348.0 mi) | ||||||||
| Apogee | 576.3 km (358.1 mi) | ||||||||
| Inclination | 20.5575 degrees | ||||||||
| Period | 95.9 minutes | ||||||||
| RAAN | 62.5406 degrees | ||||||||
| Argument of perigee | 261.5597 degrees | ||||||||
| Mean anomaly | 98.3516 degrees | ||||||||
| Mean motion | 15.01896267 rev/day | ||||||||
| Epoch | July 7, 2015, 09:19:41 UTC | ||||||||
| Revolution no. | 58103 | ||||||||
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BAT: Coded mask XRT: Wolter type I UVOT: Ritchey-Chrétien |
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| Diameter |
XRT: 30 cm (12 in) UVOT: 30 cm (12 in) |
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| Focal length | XRT: 3.5 m (11 ft) | ||||||||
| Collecting area |
BAT: 5,200 cm2 (810 sq in) XRT: 110 cm2 (17 sq in) |
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| Wavelengths | γ-ray / X-ray / UV / Visible | ||||||||
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| BAT | Burst Alert Telescope |
| XRT | X-Ray Telescope |
| UVOT | UltraViolet / Optical Telescope |
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Swift mission patch
The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission consists of a robotic spacecraft called Swift, which was launched into orbit on November 20, 2004, at 17:16:00 UTC on a Delta II 7320-10C expendable launch vehicle. Headed by principal investigator Neil Gehrels, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the mission was developed in a joint partnership between Goddard and an international consortium from the United States, United Kingdom, and Italy. It is part of NASA's Medium Explorer program (MIDEX). The mission is operated at Pennsylvania State University.
Swift is a multi-wavelength space observatory dedicated to the study of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Its three instruments work together to observe GRBs and their afterglows in the gamma-ray, X-ray, ultraviolet, and optical wavebands.
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