Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1 Overview
  • 1.1 The Swift Technical Handbook
  • 1.2 Mission Overview
  • 1.3 Instrument Overview
  
  
• 2 Observatory Policy
  • 2.1 Proprietary Data Rights
  • 2.2 Guest Investigator Program
  • 2.3 Swift Key Projects
  
  
• 3 Observing Strategy
  • 3.1 Observing
  • 3.2 The Figure of Merit
  • 3.3 Orbital Information
  • 3.4 The South Atlantic Anomaly
  • 3.5 Slewing
  • 3.6 Pointing Constraints
  
  
• 4 The Burst Alert Telescope
  • 4.1 BAT Technical Description
  • 4.2 BAT Operations
  • 4.3 BAT Instrument Performance
  
  
• 5 The X-Ray Telescope
  • 5.1 XRT Technical Description
  • 5.2 XRT Operations
  • 5.3 XRT Instrument Performance
  
  
• 6 The Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope
  • 6.1 Overview of UVOT
  • 6.2 UVOT Description
  • 6.3 Observing Scenarios
  • 6.4 Data Products
  • 6.5 Telemetry Volume
  
  
• 7 Operations
  • 7.1 The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
  • 7.2 The Malindi Ground Station
  • 7.3 The Mission Operations Center
  • 7.4 The Swift Data Center
  • 7.5 The Swift Science Center
  
  
• 8 Data
  • 8.1 Data Organization
  • 8.2 HEASARC Data Levels
  • 8.3 BAT Data
  • 8.4 XRT Data
  • 8.5 UVOT Data
  • 8.6 The TDRSS Finding Chart
  • 8.7 Announcement of Transient Sources
  • 8.8 Calibration
  
  
• 9 Quick-Look and Data Archive
  • 9.1 Quick-Look Data
  • 9.2 The Swift Data Archive
  • 9.3 Other Archives
  
  
• 10 Software Tools
  • 10.1 Data Processing and Analysis Support
  • 10.2 Swift Software
  • 10.3 Simulation Tools
  
  
• 11 Observing Requests
  • 11.1 Targets of Opportunity
  • 11.2 Supernova Observations
  
  
• A. Swift Help Desk
• B. Frequently Asked Questions
• C. Abbreviations and Acronyms