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The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

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Swift is a MIDEX Gamma Ray Burst mission led by NASA
with participation of Italy and the UK.

Italy contributes to the mission providing

  • The XRT X-ray mirror
  • The Malindi ground station
  • XRT data reduction and analysis software

Latest software release available here

The Swift data will be available to the scientific community through data centers in the USA, Italy and the UK.
The Italian Swift Archive Center (ISAC) will serve the local community.
ISAC has two components located at the
ASI Science Data Center (ASDC) and at the Brera Observatory.
ISAC at ASDC will be the main interface to the Italian users.

 

 

 

 

 

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Latest Swift News
(September 17, 2009) Swift makes the highest-resolution ultraviolet image of Andromeda Galaxy
(August 12, 2009) "Swift Mission Conference: Celebrating 5 Years" - November 18th - 20th, 2009
(May 21, 2009) Muhlmann Award 2009 to the Swift team
(May 4, 2009) Swift discovers the most distant object in the Universe
(April 29, 2008) Swift detection of the brightest X-ray flare from S50716+714
(January 12, 2007) Rossi Prize 2007 for Swift
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