Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

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NASA space observatory gamma-ray observatory space telescope

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is a NASA space telescope dedicated primarily to detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy astrophysical phenomena.

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Surface form Occurrences
Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission 2
Swift UVOT 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space observatory ⓘ
gamma-ray observatory ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
abbreviation Swift ⓘ
capability autonomous rapid slewing to new targets ⓘ
collaboration Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cosparId 2004-047A ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataPolicy public data archive ⓘ
dataUsage time-domain astronomy ⓘ
formerName Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
instrument Burst Alert Telescope ⓘ
Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope ⓘ
X-Ray Telescope ⓘ
launchContractor Boeing ⓘ
launchDate 2004-11-20 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17A ⓘ
launchVehicle Delta rocket ⓘ
surface form: Delta II 7320-10C
massAtLaunch approximately 1500 kilograms ⓘ
missionType astronomy ⓘ
gamma-ray burst astronomy ⓘ
namesake Neil Gehrels ⓘ
nssdcId 2004-047A ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
surface form: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
orbitInclination 20.6 degrees ⓘ
orbitPeriod about 96 minutes ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
pointingCapability rapid response to gamma-ray burst triggers ⓘ
primaryMission detection of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
study of high-energy astrophysical phenomena ⓘ
program NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program ⓘ
surface form: NASA Medium Explorer program
renamedInHonorOf Neil Gehrels ⓘ
renamedYear 2018 ⓘ
scientificObjective follow-up multi-wavelength observations of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
rapid localization of gamma-ray bursts ⓘ
study of active galactic nuclei ⓘ
study of black holes ⓘ
study of neutron stars ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
telescopeType multi-wavelength observatory ⓘ
wavelengthCoverage X-rays ⓘ
gamma rays ⓘ
optical ⓘ
ultraviolet ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes → dataSource → Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swift UVOT
Goddard Space Flight Center → developed → Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory → formerName → Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
NASA Astrophysics Explorers Program → notableMission → Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ⓘ
NASA APD → overseesMission → Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ⓘ
NASA Astrophysics Division → overseesMission → Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ⓘ