Swift Data Products
Data Distribution Policy: Everything to Everyone, Immediately
All Swift data products is placed in the High Energy
Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) and mirror
archives in Italy and the UK. These archives make all Swift
data available electronically to everyone, regardless of affiliation.
The data are automatically processed by the Swift Data Center
pipeline as soon as they are downlinked, and flow directly to the
archives without a proprietary period, and with the minimal
technologically feasible delay.
Data Products
| After each BAT Trigger |
Time from Trigger |
| Rapid BAT position and flux |
20 s |
| XRT position |
120 s |
| UVOT finding chart |
300 s |
| X-ray spectrum |
1212 s |
| From Malindi Ground Station Dump |
Time from Dump |
| Quick-Look Products |
2-3 hr |
| BAT Data |
2-3 hr |
| XRT Data |
2-3 hr |
| UVOT Data |
2-3 hr |
| Refined XRT Position |
2-3 hr |
| UVOT Position and Identification |
2-3 hr |
| High-Level GRB Products |
Time |
| Final Telemetry Archive |
1 week* |
| BAT Products |
Daily |
| Afterglow Database |
Daily |
| Calibration Database |
Daily |
| Catalog of GRBs |
Daily |
| GRB Redshift |
Daily |
| Follow-Up Campaign Data |
Daily |
| Other High-Level Products |
Time |
| Hard X-Ray Catalog |
Weekly |
| XRT Catalog |
Weekly |
| UVOT Image Databases |
Weekly |
* 1 week = 1 week after last observation of the source
