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KSC-04pd1618
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — - In Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the Swift spacecraft waits for final removal of the protective cover (at top). Swift is a first-of-its-kind, multi-wavelength observatory dedicated to the study of gamma-ray burst (GRB) science. Its three instruments will work together to observe GRBs and afterglows in the gamma-ray, X-ray and optical wavebands.
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