Satellite
Swift Observatory
A NASA observatory that turns within seconds towards gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, and follows them in X-rays and visible light.
- Catalogue name
- SWIFT
- NORAD ID
- 28485
- Owner
- United States
- Launched
- November 20, 2004
- Altitude (perigee – apogee)
- 290 – 294 km
- Orbital period
- 90.2 min
- Inclination
- 20.6°