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 2024/078/12:40:04 UT Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT: Start_Date Start_MET yymmdd Duration Station 2024/078/14:09:53 732463826 240318 00:10:14 MAL 2024/078/15:50:27 732469860 240318 00:11:29 MAL 2024/078/17:02:04 732474157 240318 00:10:11 SA1 2024/078/18:42:30 732480183 240318 00:10:20 SA1 (gap) 2024/079/00:35:40 732501373 240319 00:12:17 SI1 2024/079/03:42:22 732512575 240319 00:10:47 MAL 2024/079/04:53:24 732516837 240319 00:07:27 WG2 2024/079/06:33:26 732522839 240319 00:07:55 WG2 2024/079/07:05:08 732524741 240319 00:09:47 MAL (gap) 2024/079/13:51:42 732549135 240319 00:10:29 MAL 2024/079/16:43:51 732559464 240319 00:10:16 SA1 2024/079/17:13:57 732561270 240319 00:10:26 MAL 2024/079/18:24:22 732565495 240319 00:10:14 SA1 (gap) 2024/080/00:17:37 732586690 240320 00:12:10 SI1 2024/080/01:44:15 732591888 240320 00:08:27 MAL 2024/080/04:35:04 732602137 240320 00:07:41 WG2 2024/080/06:15:16 732608149 240320 00:07:49 WG2 2024/080/06:47:14 732610067 240320 00:09:28 MAL 2024/080/07:47:23 732613676 240320 00:08:25 WS1 2024/080/11:53:14 732628427 240320 00:08:22 MAL 2024/080/13:33:30 732634443 240320 00:10:43 MAL 2024/080/16:25:38 732644771 240320 00:10:19 SA1 2024/080/18:06:14 732650807 240320 00:10:06 SA1 (gap) 2024/081/01:25:54 732677187 240321 00:08:58 MAL (gap) 2024/081/05:57:05 732693458 240321 00:07:41 WG2 2024/081/06:29:20 732695393 240321 00:09:07 MAL (gap) 2024/081/13:15:17 732719750 240321 00:10:54 MAL 2024/081/14:56:07 732725800 240321 00:11:25 MAL 2024/081/16:07:24 732730077 240321 00:10:21 SA1 (gap) 2024/081/20:19:39 732745212 240321 00:11:07 SI1 (gap) 2024/082/01:07:33 732762486 240322 00:09:26 MAL 2024/082/03:58:25 732772738 240322 00:07:59 WG2 2024/082/04:29:01 732774574 240322 00:10:53 MAL 2024/082/05:38:55 732778768 240322 00:07:30 WG2 (gap) 2024/082/11:16:45 732799038 240322 00:09:03 MAL 2024/082/14:38:01 732811114 240322 00:11:18 MAL 2024/082/15:49:10 732815383 240322 00:10:21 SA1 (gap) 2024/082/20:01:22 732830515 240322 00:11:25 SI1 (gap) 2024/083/00:49:12 732847785 240323 00:09:51 MAL 2024/083/02:00:44 732852077 240323 00:06:17 WG2 2024/083/03:40:05 732858038 240323 00:08:04 WG2 2024/083/04:10:58 732859891 240323 00:10:41 MAL 2024/083/05:20:46 732864079 240323 00:07:14 WG2 (gap) 2024/083/10:58:28 732884341 240323 00:09:22 MAL 2024/083/14:19:54 732896427 240323 00:11:09 MAL 2024/083/15:30:55 732900688 240323 00:10:21 SA1 (gap) 2024/083/21:23:47 732921860 240323 00:12:29 SI1 (gap) 2024/084/01:42:12 732937365 240324 00:06:44 WG2 2024/084/02:11:20 732939113 240324 00:11:24 MAL 2024/084/03:21:46 732943339 240324 00:08:06 WG1 2024/084/03:52:55 732945208 240324 00:10:29 MAL 2024/084/05:02:37 732949390 240324 00:06:55 WG2 (gap) 2024/084/12:20:36 732975669 240324 00:11:17 MAL 2024/084/14:01:48 732981741 240324 00:10:58 MAL 2024/084/15:12:39 732985992 240324 00:10:19 SA1 (gap) 2024/084/21:05:35 733007168 240324 00:12:28 SI1 (gap) 2024/085/01:23:42 733022655 240325 00:07:05 WG2 2024/085/03:03:27 733028640 240325 00:08:05 WG2 2024/085/04:35:36 733034169 240325 00:08:11 WS1 (gap) 2024/085/13:13:59 733065272 240325 00:10:05 SA1 Using file ICS_2024_078_121334_00.txt