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 2025/069/12:40:27 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2025/069/13:04:21  763304696 250310  00:10:47   MAL 
2025/069/15:54:28  763314903 250310  00:09:30   SA1 
 (gap)
2025/069/21:43:34  763335849 250310  00:11:33   SI1 
 (gap)
2025/070/01:58:35  763351150 250311  00:06:18   WG2 
2025/070/02:27:46  763352901 250311  00:10:35   MAL 
2025/070/03:37:27  763357082 250311  00:06:49   WG2 
2025/070/04:08:35  763358950 250311  00:09:03   MAL 
2025/070/06:35:27  763367762 250311  00:09:19   HI1 
2025/070/09:55:26  763379761 250311  00:09:17   HI1 
2025/070/10:50:33  763383068 250311  00:09:39   MAL 
2025/070/12:29:59  763389034 250311  00:10:47   MAL 
2025/070/15:19:52  763399227 250311  00:09:31   SA2 
2025/070/19:29:22  763414197 250311  00:11:22   SI1 
2025/070/21:09:10  763420185 250311  00:11:35   SI1 
2025/071/00:13:44  763431259 250312  00:10:04   MAL 
2025/071/01:24:13  763435488 250312  00:06:16   WG2 
2025/071/01:53:23  763437238 250312  00:10:35   MAL 
2025/071/03:03:04  763441419 250312  00:06:50   WG2 
2025/071/06:01:02  763452097 250312  00:09:20   HI1 
2025/071/09:21:01  763464096 250312  00:09:18   HI1 
2025/071/11:55:34  763473369 250312  00:10:46   MAL 
2025/071/14:45:27  763483562 250312  00:09:31   SA2 
2025/071/18:54:57  763498532 250312  00:11:21   SI1 
2025/071/20:34:44  763504519 250312  00:11:35   SI1 
2025/071/23:39:19  763515594 250312  00:10:03   MAL 
2025/072/00:49:49  763519824 250313  00:06:14   WG2 
2025/072/01:18:56  763521571 250313  00:10:36   MAL 
2025/072/02:28:37  763525752 250313  00:06:52   WG2 
2025/072/05:26:35  763536430 250313  00:09:20   HI1 
2025/072/08:46:34  763548429 250313  00:09:18   HI1 
2025/072/09:41:44  763551739 250313  00:09:32   MAL 
2025/072/13:01:27  763563722 250313  00:09:54   MAL 
2025/072/14:11:00  763567895 250313  00:09:31   SA2 
2025/072/18:20:29  763582864 250313  00:11:20   SI1 
2025/072/20:00:15  763588850 250313  00:11:36   SI1 
2025/072/23:04:52  763599927 250313  00:10:01   MAL 
2025/073/00:15:21  763604156 250314  00:06:13   WG2 
2025/073/01:54:07  763610082 250314  00:06:55   WG2 
2025/073/02:25:12  763611947 250314  00:09:10   MAL 
2025/073/03:12:36  763614791 250314  00:08:42   HI2 
2025/073/06:32:04  763626759 250314  00:09:18   HI1 
2025/073/09:07:15  763636070 250314  00:09:28   MAL 
2025/073/09:52:05  763638760 250314  00:08:55   HI1 
2025/073/12:26:55  763648050 250314  00:09:56   MAL 
2025/073/13:36:30  763652225 250314  00:09:30   SA2 
 (gap)
2025/073/22:30:21  763684256 250314  00:09:59   MAL 
2025/073/23:40:51  763688486 250314  00:06:10   WG2 
2025/074/01:19:35  763694410 250315  00:06:56   WG2 
2025/074/01:50:38  763696273 250315  00:09:12   MAL 
2025/074/02:50:32  763699867 250315  00:07:35   WS1 
2025/074/04:17:32  763705087 250315  00:09:21   HI2 
2025/074/05:57:30  763711085 250315  00:09:19   HI1 
2025/074/08:32:44  763720399 250315  00:09:24   MAL 
2025/074/10:12:05  763726360 250315  00:10:43   MAL 
2025/074/13:01:57  763736552 250315  00:09:30   SA2 
2025/074/17:11:24  763751519 250315  00:11:18   SI1 
2025/074/18:51:07  763757502 250315  00:11:39   SI1 
 (gap)
2025/074/23:35:19  763774554 250315  00:10:38   MAL 
2025/075/00:45:00  763778735 250316  00:06:57   WG2 
2025/075/01:16:01  763780596 250316  00:09:15   MAL 
2025/075/02:15:57  763784192 250316  00:07:35   WS1 
2025/075/03:42:56  763789411 250316  00:09:21   HI1 
2025/075/05:22:54  763795409 250316  00:09:19   HI2 
2025/075/07:58:09  763804724 250316  00:09:21   MAL 
2025/075/11:17:43  763816698 250316  00:09:59   MAL 
2025/075/12:27:21  763820876 250316  00:09:29   SA2 
2025/075/16:36:47  763835842 250316  00:11:17   SI1 
2025/075/18:16:29  763841824 250316  00:11:40   SI1 
 (gap)
2025/075/23:00:41  763858876 250316  00:10:39   MAL 
2025/076/00:10:22  763863057 250317  00:06:58   WG2 
2025/076/01:41:19  763868514 250317  00:07:35   WS1 
Using file ICS_2025_069_122657_00.txt