2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent
Swift
Rapid-response gamma-ray burst observatory.
Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 3 Jul 2026
- Lead / partner
- United States / United Kingdom / Italy
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Gamma-ray astronomy
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Pegasus XL
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric orbit
Why it happened
Swift flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of United States / United Kingdom / Italy's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Rapid-response gamma-ray burst observatory.
Results
Rapid-response gamma-ray burst observatory.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog