- Home
- Spacecraft
- Swift
Swift
Mission concerning a space observatory in low earth orbit measuring gamma ray radiation. Swift was launched on November 20, 2004 aboard a Delta 7320-10C from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Jan 11, 2018).
COSPAR 2004-047ANORAD 28485United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Swift
- International designator
- 2004-047A
- NORAD catalog number
- 28485
- GCAT identifier
- S28485
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/465
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- MIDEX
- Owner
- GSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- General Dynamics C4 Systems (Adv Info Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- SA-200HP
Launch
- Date
- November 20, 2004 · 17:16 UTC
- Launch record
- 2004-047Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7320-10C
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/E
- Perigee
- 584 km
- Apogee
- 604 km
- Inclination
- 20.56°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- January 11, 2018
- Last known active
- Oct 20, 2026
- End of operations
- Oct 20, 2026
Size
- Mass
- 1,470 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,470 kg
- Length
- 2.4 m
- Diameter
- 1.70 m
- Span
- 5.5 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q837488 (CC0).