S. Bradley Cenko

“Swift needed to detect and locate gamma-ray bursts, communicate their position to other observatories, and then swing its telescopes around to image the burst locations before their afterglows faded out,”

S. Bradley Cenko · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-27

Swift was designed to rapidly image gamma-ray bursts and pinpoint their locations before they faded.

“This typically took Swift about a minute to do.”

S. Bradley Cenko · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-27

Swift was designed to rapidly image gamma-ray bursts and pinpoint their locations before they faded.