| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Swift |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA/United Kingdom/Italy |
| Operator/Owner | Goddard Space Flight Center/Penn State University |
| Users | Government/Civil |
| Purpose | Astrophysics |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | Intermediate |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 571 |
| Apogee (km) | 590 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00136680814329904 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 20.6 |
| Period (minutes) | 96.3 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 1463 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | 1040 |
| Date of Launch | 20-11-2004 |
| Expected Lifetime | 7 yrs. |
| Contractor | Spectrum Astro (General Dynamics) |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral |
| Launch Vehicle | Delta 7320 |
| COSPAR Number | 2004-047A |
| NORAD Number | 28485 |
| Comments | Multi-wavelength observatory for study of gamma-ray burst (GRB) science; mission life 2 yrs. |