Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

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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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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

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NASA Astrophysics Division overseesMission Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Goddard Space Flight Center developed Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
this entity surface form: Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes dataSource Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
this entity surface form: Swift UVOT
NASA APD overseesMission Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
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
Neil Gehrels honorificEponym Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Burst Alert Telescope partOf Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Burst Alert Telescope spacecraft Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope partOf Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
NASA astrophysics observatories includes Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory