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.
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This report produced at 2025/118/12:40:22 UT
Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
Start_Date Start_MET yymmdd Duration Station
2025/115/13:49:16 767281791 250425 00:08:36 MAL
2025/115/14:57:51 767285906 250425 00:09:00 SA1
(gap)
2025/115/23:50:26 767317861 250425 00:10:27 MAL
2025/116/01:00:08 767322043 250426 00:06:26 WG2
2025/116/02:30:48 767327483 250426 00:06:50 WS1
2025/116/03:11:11 767329906 250426 00:08:12 MAL
2025/116/04:09:47 767333422 250426 00:07:28 WS1
2025/116/05:36:45 767338640 250426 00:09:07 HI2
(gap)
2025/116/09:51:35 767353930 250426 00:09:57 MAL
2025/116/10:36:12 767356607 250426 00:08:17 HI2
2025/116/13:11:35 767365930 250426 00:08:46 MAL
2025/116/14:20:08 767370043 250426 00:09:05 SA1
2025/116/18:28:39 767384954 250426 00:11:33 SI1
2025/116/20:08:28 767390943 250426 00:11:14 SI1
2025/116/21:34:15 767396090 250426 00:08:04 MAL
2025/117/00:22:29 767406184 250427 00:06:21 WG2
2025/117/01:53:07 767411622 250427 00:06:45 WS1
2025/117/02:33:28 767414043 250427 00:08:20 MAL
2025/117/03:32:04 767417559 250427 00:07:26 WS1
(gap)
2025/117/09:13:59 767438074 250427 00:09:53 MAL
2025/117/12:03:05 767448220 250427 00:09:28 SA1
2025/117/12:33:52 767450067 250427 00:08:56 MAL
2025/117/13:42:22 767454177 250427 00:09:08 SA1
2025/117/17:50:54 767469089 250427 00:11:30 SI1
2025/117/19:30:39 767475074 250427 00:11:18 SI1
2025/117/22:35:14 767486149 250427 00:10:19 MAL
2025/117/23:44:46 767490321 250427 00:06:17 WG2
2025/118/00:14:53 767492128 250428 00:10:21 MAL
2025/118/01:23:38 767496253 250428 00:06:19 WG2
2025/118/01:55:44 767498179 250428 00:08:28 MAL
2025/118/02:54:17 767501692 250428 00:07:24 WS1
2025/118/04:21:30 767506925 250428 00:09:07 HI2
(gap)
2025/118/10:15:41 767528176 250428 00:10:33 MAL
2025/118/11:25:18 767532353 250428 00:09:26 SA1
2025/118/13:04:32 767538307 250428 00:09:12 SA1
2025/118/17:13:05 767553220 250428 00:11:26 SI1
2025/118/18:52:47 767559202 250428 00:11:20 SI1
2025/118/21:57:34 767570289 250428 00:10:15 MAL
2025/118/23:07:00 767574455 250428 00:06:11 WG1
2025/119/00:45:48 767580383 250429 00:06:21 WG2
2025/119/02:16:27 767585822 250429 00:07:21 WS1
2025/119/03:43:40 767591055 250429 00:09:07 HI2
(gap)
2025/119/07:58:39 767606354 250429 00:09:44 MAL
2025/119/09:37:57 767612312 250429 00:10:35 MAL
2025/119/10:47:27 767616482 250429 00:09:25 SA1
2025/119/12:26:38 767622433 250429 00:09:16 SA1
2025/119/16:35:12 767637347 250429 00:11:23 SI1
2025/119/18:14:51 767643326 250429 00:11:23 SI1
2025/119/21:19:52 767654427 250429 00:10:10 MAL
2025/119/22:29:10 767658585 250429 00:06:06 WG2
2025/119/22:59:24 767660399 250429 00:10:25 MAL
2025/120/00:07:53 767664508 250430 00:06:25 WG2
2025/120/03:05:45 767675180 250430 00:09:07 HI2
2025/120/04:45:31 767681166 250430 00:09:04 HI2
2025/120/07:20:55 767690490 250430 00:09:39 MAL
2025/120/09:00:10 767696445 250430 00:10:36 MAL
2025/120/10:09:32 767700607 250430 00:09:23 SA1
2025/120/10:40:27 767702462 250430 00:09:23 MAL
2025/120/11:48:41 767706556 250430 00:09:18 SA1
(gap)
2025/120/17:36:52 767727447 250430 00:11:25 SI1
2025/120/20:42:07 767738562 250430 00:10:04 MAL
2025/120/21:51:17 767742712 250430 00:06:00 WG2
2025/120/23:29:55 767748630 250430 00:06:28 WG2
2025/121/00:02:13 767750568 250501 00:08:49 MAL
2025/121/02:27:47 767759302 250501 00:09:07 HI2
2025/121/05:47:14 767771269 250501 00:09:06 HI2
2025/121/06:43:08 767774623 250501 00:09:33 MAL
2025/121/09:31:35 767784730 250501 00:09:20 SA1
2025/121/10:02:33 767786588 250501 00:09:31 MAL
2025/121/11:10:41 767790676 250501 00:09:20 SA1
2025/121/15:19:16 767805591 250501 00:11:14 SI1
2025/121/16:58:49 767811564 250501 00:11:26 SI1
(gap)
2025/121/21:43:44 767828659 250501 00:10:28 MAL
2025/121/22:51:53 767832748 250501 00:06:31 WG2
2025/122/01:49:45 767843420 250502 00:09:07 HI2
2025/122/05:09:12 767855387 250502 00:09:06 HI2
2025/122/08:53:33 767868848 250502 00:09:17 SA1
2025/122/09:24:37 767870712 250502 00:09:39 MAL
2025/122/10:32:37 767874792 250502 00:09:22 SA1
Using file ICS_2025_115_124045_00.txt
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