# Swift back in action

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**Created:** [April 5, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/swift-back-in-action/141 "2024-04-05T07:00:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.astro-colibri.science/t/swift-back-in-action/141/1 "2024-04-05T07:00:50Z")

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Following a few weeks in _safe mode_, the Swift satellite is back for normal operations. Swift is as crucial observatory for transient astrophysics, detecting and localising gamma-ray bursts and many other high-energy phenomena.

> **[NASA’s Swift Resumes Science Operations](https://science.nasa.gov/missions/swift/nasas-swift-temporarily-suspends-science-operations/)**
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> NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory resumed science observations April 3 following a successful software update that enables the spacecraft to function using only two gyroscopes (gyros). Swift entered safe mode March 15 after experiencing degrading...