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 2025/083/12:40:24 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2025/083/13:34:59  764516134 250324  00:11:47   SI1 
2025/083/16:40:12  764527247 250324  00:09:30   MAL 
2025/083/18:19:25  764533200 250324  00:10:44   MAL 
2025/083/19:28:55  764537370 250324  00:06:53   WG2 
2025/083/20:59:48  764542823 250324  00:07:23   WS1 
2025/083/22:39:12  764548787 250324  00:07:28   WS1 
2025/084/01:46:20  764560015 250325  00:09:16   HI2 
2025/084/04:21:26  764569321 250325  00:10:26   MAL 
2025/084/06:01:22  764575317 250325  00:10:14   MAL 
2025/084/07:10:58  764579493 250325  00:09:33   SA1 
 (gap)
2025/084/12:59:28  764600403 250325  00:11:47   SI1 
2025/084/16:04:49  764611524 250325  00:09:25   MAL 
2025/084/17:44:00  764617475 250325  00:10:44   MAL 
2025/084/18:53:25  764621640 250325  00:06:51   WG2 
2025/084/20:24:18  764627093 250325  00:07:20   WS1 
2025/084/22:03:40  764633055 250325  00:07:28   WS1 
2025/084/23:30:52  764638287 250325  00:09:14   HI2 
2025/085/01:10:47  764644282 250326  00:09:15   HI1 
2025/085/02:06:53  764647648 250326  00:08:37   MAL 
2025/085/03:46:00  764653595 250326  00:10:25   MAL 
2025/085/05:25:54  764659589 250326  00:10:16   MAL 
2025/085/06:35:23  764663758 250326  00:09:35   SA1 
2025/085/10:44:27  764678702 250326  00:10:51   SI1 
2025/085/12:23:51  764684666 250326  00:11:47   SI1 
 (gap)
2025/085/17:08:31  764701746 250326  00:10:43   MAL 
2025/085/18:17:50  764705905 250326  00:06:48   WG2 
2025/085/21:28:02  764717317 250326  00:07:29   WS1 
2025/085/22:55:14  764722549 250326  00:09:12   HI2 
2025/086/01:31:23  764731918 250327  00:08:33   MAL 
2025/086/02:15:00  764734535 250327  00:09:08   HI2 
2025/086/04:50:21  764743856 250327  00:10:19   MAL 
2025/086/05:59:43  764748018 250327  00:09:36   SA1 
 (gap)
2025/086/14:53:52  764780067 250327  00:09:14   MAL 
2025/086/16:32:58  764786013 250327  00:10:43   MAL 
2025/086/17:42:09  764790164 250327  00:06:47   WG2 
2025/086/20:39:44  764800819 250327  00:09:06   HI1 
2025/086/22:19:30  764806805 250327  00:09:12   HI2 
 (gap)
2025/087/02:34:55  764822130 250328  00:10:22   MAL 
2025/087/05:23:58  764832273 250328  00:09:37   SA1 
2025/087/05:55:53  764834188 250328  00:07:54   MAL 
 (gap)
2025/087/12:52:39  764859194 250328  00:10:53   SI1 
2025/087/14:18:17  764864332 250328  00:09:07   MAL 
2025/087/15:57:21  764870276 250328  00:10:41   MAL 
2025/087/17:06:24  764874419 250328  00:06:44   WG2 
2025/087/20:03:56  764885071 250328  00:09:05   HI2 
2025/087/21:43:41  764891056 250328  00:09:11   HI1 
2025/087/23:23:35  764897050 250328  00:09:12   HI2 
2025/088/01:03:26  764903041 250329  00:09:08   HI1 
2025/088/01:59:16  764906391 250329  00:10:21   MAL 
2025/088/03:39:03  764912378 250329  00:10:23   MAL 
2025/088/04:48:08  764916523 250329  00:09:37   SA1 
 (gap)
2025/088/10:36:32  764937427 250329  00:11:44   SI1 
2025/088/12:16:44  764943439 250329  00:10:57   SI1 
2025/088/13:42:38  764948593 250329  00:09:01   MAL 
2025/088/16:30:33  764958668 250329  00:06:42   WG2 
2025/088/19:28:03  764969318 250329  00:09:03   HI2 
2025/088/21:07:47  764975302 250329  00:09:11   HI1 
2025/088/23:44:29  764984704 250329  00:08:20   MAL 
2025/089/01:23:32  764990647 250330  00:10:19   MAL 
2025/089/04:12:13  765000768 250330  00:09:37   SA1 
2025/089/04:44:19  765002694 250330  00:08:09   MAL 
 (gap)
2025/089/10:00:35  765021670 250330  00:11:43   SI1 
2025/089/11:40:45  765027680 250330  00:10:59   SI1 
2025/089/14:45:53  765038788 250330  00:10:38   MAL 
2025/089/15:54:37  765042912 250330  00:06:40   WG2 
2025/089/18:07:15  765050870 250330  00:07:50   MAL 
2025/089/18:52:05  765053560 250330  00:09:02   HI2 
2025/089/20:31:47  765059542 250330  00:09:11   HI1 
2025/089/22:11:41  765065536 250330  00:09:10   HI2 
 (gap)
2025/090/03:36:12  765085007 250331  00:09:37   SA1 
 (gap)
2025/090/09:24:33  765105908 250331  00:11:41   SI1 
2025/090/11:04:40  765111915 250331  00:11:02   SI1 
Using file ICS_2025_083_121851_00.txt