The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Expected Malindi Contacts

General Description:

The prime ground station for the Swift mission is located in Malindi, Kenya, and is operated by the Italian Space Agency. Normally most of the Swift Quick Look data are produced from telemetry received at the Malindi Ground Station. The contacts with Malindi are usually supplemented with contacts with NASA ground stations, such as the one in Wallops, VA, (designated WS1). Typically there is a lag of a couple of hours between the telemetry being received at the station and the corresponding data being available on the Swift Quick Look web page, but there is considerable variation in the lag.

Because of the orbit of Swift and the location of Malindi, each day there is a series of contacts separated by about 100 minutes and then a gap for about 6 hours. The gap in Swift contacts is often reduced because of contacts with a NASA station. The table lists the planned contact times and durations for the next 7 days. There is no guarantee that these contacts will actually take place.

This page is normally updated Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at about 9 am local GSFC time.

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This report produced at 2024/183/12:40:18 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2024/183/13:51:17  741534711 240701  00:11:40   SI1 
 (gap)
2024/183/20:21:03  741558097 240701  00:11:17   MAL 
2024/183/23:00:59  741567693 240701  00:07:57   WS1 
2024/184/00:41:29  741573723 240702  00:07:54   WS1 
2024/184/03:52:49  741585203 240702  00:09:47   HI1 
2024/184/06:29:03  741594577 240702  00:11:18   MAL 
2024/184/08:10:14  741600648 240702  00:10:38   MAL 
2024/184/09:18:13  741604727 240702  00:10:19   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/184/13:29:53  741619827 240702  00:11:48   SI1 
2024/184/15:10:30  741625864 240702  00:12:15   SI1 
2024/184/18:19:27  741637201 240702  00:10:34   MAL 
2024/184/19:28:01  741641315 240702  00:06:52   WG2 
2024/184/19:59:57  741643231 240702  00:11:14   MAL 
2024/184/21:07:40  741647294 240702  00:07:38   WG2 
2024/184/22:39:34  741652808 240702  00:08:02   WS1 
2024/185/00:20:08  741658842 240703  00:07:44   WS1 
2024/185/01:50:44  741664278 240703  00:09:46   HI1 
2024/185/04:27:31  741673685 240703  00:10:14   MAL 
2024/185/05:12:38  741676392 240703  00:09:22   HI1 
2024/185/06:07:54  741679708 240703  00:11:22   MAL 
2024/185/07:16:35  741683829 240703  00:10:09   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/185/13:08:27  741704941 240703  00:11:56   SI1 
2024/185/14:49:09  741710983 240703  00:12:11   SI1 
2024/185/17:58:14  741722328 240703  00:10:45   MAL 
2024/185/19:06:26  741726420 240703  00:07:06   WG2 
2024/185/20:46:13  741732407 240703  00:07:35   WG2 
2024/185/21:20:37  741734471 240703  00:09:40   MAL 
2024/186/01:29:33  741749407 240704  00:09:46   HI1 
2024/186/04:06:18  741758812 240704  00:10:26   MAL 
2024/186/05:46:45  741764839 240704  00:11:22   MAL 
2024/186/06:55:06  741768940 240704  00:10:12   SA1 
2024/186/07:28:12  741770926 240704  00:10:13   MAL 
2024/186/08:35:23  741774957 240704  00:10:11   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/186/12:47:00  741790054 240704  00:12:02   SI1 
 (gap)
2024/186/18:44:50  741811524 240704  00:07:18   WG2 
2024/186/20:24:45  741817519 240704  00:07:31   WG2 
2024/186/20:59:39  741819613 240704  00:09:23   MAL 
2024/186/23:27:23  741828477 240704  00:09:50   HI1 
2024/187/02:05:00  741837934 240705  00:08:17   MAL 
2024/187/05:25:36  741849970 240705  00:11:21   MAL 
2024/187/06:33:35  741854049 240705  00:10:15   SA1 
2024/187/08:13:57  741860071 240705  00:10:04   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/187/12:25:32  741875166 240705  00:12:06   SI1 
2024/187/14:06:25  741881219 240705  00:11:58   SI1 
2024/187/15:36:01  741886595 240705  00:08:41   MAL 
2024/187/18:23:14  741896628 240705  00:07:27   WG2 
2024/187/18:56:40  741898634 240705  00:10:57   MAL 
2024/187/20:03:17  741902631 240705  00:07:24   WG2 
2024/187/23:06:08  741913602 240705  00:09:51   HI1 
2024/188/01:43:45  741923059 240706  00:08:34   MAL 
2024/188/02:28:00  741925714 240706  00:09:46   HI1 
2024/188/05:04:26  741935100 240706  00:11:19   MAL 
2024/188/06:12:03  741939157 240706  00:10:17   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/188/12:04:02  741960276 240706  00:12:11   SI1 
2024/188/13:45:01  741966335 240706  00:11:50   SI1 
2024/188/15:14:40  741971714 240706  00:09:04   MAL 
2024/188/18:01:36  741981730 240706  00:07:35   WG2 
2024/188/18:35:33  741983767 240706  00:10:49   MAL 
2024/188/19:41:47  741987741 240706  00:07:17   WG2 
2024/188/22:44:52  741998726 240706  00:09:52   HI1 
2024/189/02:06:44  742010838 240707  00:09:46   HI1 
2024/189/03:02:35  742014189 240707  00:10:55   MAL 
2024/189/04:43:16  742020230 240707  00:11:16   MAL 
2024/189/05:50:30  742024264 240707  00:10:17   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/189/11:42:31  742045385 240707  00:12:13   SI1 
2024/189/13:23:37  742051451 240707  00:11:40   SI1 
2024/189/14:53:20  742056834 240707  00:09:25   MAL 
2024/189/18:14:27  742068901 240707  00:10:40   MAL 
2024/189/20:42:48  742077802 240707  00:09:46   HI1 
 (gap)
2024/190/05:32:44  742109598 240708  00:10:17   SA1 
Using file ICS_2024_183_121805_00.txt