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 2024/332/13:40:05 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2024/332/13:30:21  754407056 241127  00:08:55   MAL 
2024/332/15:57:35  754415890 241127  00:09:37   HI1 
2024/332/17:38:01  754421916 241127  00:09:34   HI1 
 (gap)
2024/332/23:04:31  754441506 241127  00:09:47   SA1 
2024/333/00:44:23  754447498 241128  00:09:34   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/333/04:54:34  754462509 241128  00:11:51   SI1 
2024/333/06:34:01  754468476 241128  00:07:42   SI1 
2024/333/09:39:55  754479630 241128  00:10:40   MAL 
2024/333/10:50:30  754483865 241128  00:07:05   WG2 
2024/333/12:30:01  754489836 241128  00:07:06   WG1 
2024/333/15:28:53  754500568 241128  00:09:36   HI1 
2024/333/18:49:40  754512615 241128  00:09:35   HI1 
2024/333/19:44:46  754515921 241128  00:10:13   MAL 
2024/333/21:24:44  754521919 241128  00:10:58   MAL 
2024/333/22:35:47  754526182 241128  00:09:47   SA1 
2024/333/23:05:48  754527983 241128  00:09:31   MAL 
2024/334/00:15:40  754532175 241129  00:09:31   SA1 
2024/334/04:24:46  754547121 241129  00:07:17   SI1 
2024/334/06:06:15  754553210 241129  00:11:38   SI1 
2024/334/07:31:51  754558346 241129  00:08:22   MAL 
2024/334/10:21:42  754568537 241129  00:07:08   WG2 
2024/334/10:51:25  754570320 241129  00:10:40   MAL 
2024/334/12:01:15  754574510 241129  00:07:05   WG2 
2024/334/13:32:36  754579991 241129  00:07:53   WS1 
2024/334/15:00:08  754585243 241129  00:09:36   HI1 
2024/334/17:36:27  754594622 241129  00:07:54   MAL 
2024/334/20:55:55  754606590 241129  00:10:56   MAL 
2024/334/22:07:00  754610855 241129  00:09:48   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/335/05:37:30  754637885 241130  00:11:35   SI1 
2024/335/07:02:56  754643011 241130  00:08:31   MAL 
2024/335/09:52:52  754653207 241130  00:07:11   WG2 
2024/335/10:22:34  754654989 241130  00:10:38   MAL 
2024/335/11:32:28  754659183 241130  00:07:02   WG2 
2024/335/13:03:47  754664662 241130  00:07:52   WS1 
2024/335/14:31:20  754669915 241130  00:09:37   HI1 
2024/335/16:11:45  754675940 241130  00:09:35   HI1 
2024/335/17:07:33  754679288 241130  00:07:59   MAL 
2024/335/17:52:07  754681962 241130  00:09:34   HI1 
2024/335/20:27:02  754691257 241130  00:10:55   MAL 
2024/335/21:38:10  754695525 241130  00:09:49   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/336/03:28:12  754716527 241201  00:11:58   SI1 
2024/336/05:08:42  754722557 241201  00:11:33   SI1 
2024/336/06:33:58  754727673 241201  00:08:38   MAL 
2024/336/08:13:16  754733631 241201  00:10:47   MAL 
2024/336/09:24:00  754737875 241201  00:07:12   WG2 
2024/336/11:03:38  754743853 241201  00:06:58   WG2 
2024/336/11:35:12  754745747 241201  00:08:35   MAL 
2024/336/12:34:57  754749332 241201  00:07:51   WS1 
2024/336/15:42:55  754760610 241201  00:09:35   HI1 
2024/336/18:18:04  754769919 241201  00:10:20   MAL 
2024/336/21:09:18  754780193 241201  00:09:49   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/337/03:00:01  754801236 241202  00:12:00   SI1 
2024/337/04:40:34  754807269 241202  00:11:31   SI1 
2024/337/06:04:56  754812331 241202  00:08:46   MAL 
2024/337/08:55:49  754822584 241202  00:07:14   WG2 
2024/337/09:24:41  754824316 241202  00:10:35   MAL 
2024/337/10:27:09  754828064 241202  00:07:22   WS1 
2024/337/12:06:48  754834043 241202  00:07:53   WS1 
2024/337/16:09:34  754848609 241202  00:08:09   MAL 
2024/337/19:29:07  754860582 241202  00:10:51   MAL 
2024/337/20:40:56  754864891 241202  00:09:50   SA2 
 (gap)
2024/338/02:31:13  754885908 241203  00:12:02   SI1 
2024/338/04:11:47  754891942 241203  00:11:30   SI1 
2024/338/05:35:51  754896986 241203  00:08:52   MAL 
2024/338/08:26:59  754907254 241203  00:07:14   WG2 
2024/338/08:55:40  754908975 241203  00:10:33   MAL 
2024/338/09:58:19  754912734 241203  00:07:23   WS1 
2024/338/11:37:59  754918714 241203  00:07:54   WS1 
2024/338/15:40:29  754933264 241203  00:08:14   MAL 
2024/338/19:00:04  754945239 241203  00:10:49   MAL 
2024/338/20:12:19  754949574 241203  00:09:52   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/339/02:02:23  754970578 241204  00:12:03   SI1 
2024/339/03:42:59  754976614 241204  00:11:27   SI1 
2024/339/05:06:43  754981638 241204  00:08:59   MAL 
2024/339/07:58:07  754991922 241204  00:07:15   WG2 
2024/339/08:26:35  754993630 241204  00:10:31   MAL 
2024/339/09:29:27  754997402 241204  00:07:25   WS1 
2024/339/11:09:09  755003384 241204  00:07:55   WS1 
Using file ICS_2024_332_131831_00.txt