CARAVEO, PATRIZIAPATRIZIACARAVEOGehrels, NeilNeilGehrelsTAGLIAFERRI, GianpieroGianpieroTAGLIAFERRI2020-04-092020-04-0920152214-4048http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23967The Swift launch in 2004 was a nail-biter as one storm after another pummeled Cape Canaveral. The satellite had arrived in July, and our launch team fretted over whether its baby, locked away in a hangar, could survive the hurricane-force winds. The October launch was delayed a week, then another week, and then a few more days. Finally, on November 20, Swift launched under clear Florida skies. Pre-launch jitters gave way to an adrenaline rush as the first data came down showing a perfectly operating observatory.STAMPAenArticle10.1016/j.jheap.2015.08.0022-s2.0-84941912233000213811200001https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214404815000439?via%3Dihub2015JHEAp...7....1CFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA