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 2024/117/12:40:03 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2024/117/17:17:57  735844710 240426  00:10:24   MAL 
2024/117/18:03:27  735847440 240426  00:09:27   HI2 
2024/117/20:11:06  735855099 240426  00:10:16   SA1 
2024/117/21:51:37  735861130 240426  00:10:05   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/118/05:09:39  735887412 240427  00:08:42   MAL 
2024/118/08:01:45  735897738 240427  00:07:37   WG2 
2024/118/08:30:28  735899461 240427  00:11:13   MAL 
2024/118/09:41:54  735903747 240427  00:07:42   WG2 
 (gap)
2024/118/14:21:54  735920547 240427  00:09:56   HI2 
2024/118/15:18:16  735923929 240427  00:08:20   MAL 
2024/118/18:39:08  735935981 240427  00:11:16   MAL 
2024/118/19:51:48  735940341 240427  00:10:20   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/119/01:44:13  735961486 240428  00:12:26   SI1 
2024/119/04:50:02  735972635 240428  00:09:09   MAL 
2024/119/07:42:23  735982976 240428  00:07:44   WG2 
2024/119/08:11:05  735984698 240428  00:11:05   MAL 
2024/119/09:22:41  735988994 240428  00:07:31   WG2 
 (gap)
2024/119/14:58:42  736009155 240428  00:08:41   MAL 
2024/119/15:43:31  736011844 240428  00:09:56   HI2 
2024/119/18:19:41  736021214 240428  00:11:13   MAL 
2024/119/19:32:29  736025582 240428  00:10:23   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/120/01:23:12  736046625 240429  00:12:28   SI1 
2024/120/04:30:22  736057855 240429  00:09:32   MAL 
2024/120/07:21:13  736068106 240429  00:07:47   WG2 
2024/120/07:51:41  736069934 240429  00:10:56   MAL 
2024/120/09:01:37  736074130 240429  00:07:18   WG2 
 (gap)
2024/120/14:39:05  736094378 240429  00:09:00   MAL 
2024/120/18:00:13  736106446 240429  00:11:07   MAL 
2024/120/19:11:12  736110705 240429  00:10:24   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/121/01:03:39  736131852 240430  00:12:30   SI1 
2024/121/04:10:40  736143073 240430  00:09:54   MAL 
2024/121/05:50:55  736149088 240430  00:11:24   MAL 
2024/121/07:01:33  736153326 240430  00:07:49   WG2 
2024/121/08:42:06  736159359 240430  00:07:02   WG2 
 (gap)
2024/121/14:19:25  736179598 240430  00:09:21   MAL 
2024/121/17:40:43  736191676 240430  00:11:00   MAL 
2024/121/18:51:33  736195926 240430  00:10:25   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/122/00:44:04  736217077 240501  00:12:30   SI1 
2024/122/03:50:57  736228290 240501  00:10:11   MAL 
2024/122/05:02:26  736232579 240501  00:06:23   WG2 
2024/122/06:41:51  736238544 240501  00:07:50   WG2 
2024/122/07:12:46  736240399 240501  00:10:34   MAL 
2024/122/08:22:34  736244587 240501  00:06:42   WG2 
2024/122/09:54:24  736250097 240501  00:08:13   WS1 
2024/122/13:59:43  736264816 240501  00:09:38   MAL 
2024/122/16:51:40  736275133 240501  00:10:02   SA1 
2024/122/17:21:11  736276904 240501  00:10:51   MAL 
2024/122/18:31:53  736281146 240501  00:10:23   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/123/04:42:32  736317785 240502  00:06:42   WG1 
2024/123/05:11:40  736319533 240502  00:11:25   MAL 
2024/123/06:22:08  736323761 240502  00:07:48   WG1 
2024/123/08:03:01  736329814 240502  00:06:19   WG2 
2024/123/08:35:55  736331788 240502  00:07:51   MAL 
2024/123/09:34:45  736335318 240502  00:08:04   WS1 
2024/123/13:39:57  736350030 240502  00:09:55   MAL 
2024/123/15:20:22  736356055 240502  00:11:16   MAL 
2024/123/16:31:52  736360345 240502  00:10:09   SA1 
2024/123/18:12:10  736366363 240502  00:10:21   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/124/00:04:48  736387521 240503  00:12:24   SI1 
 (gap)
2024/124/04:22:37  736402990 240503  00:06:59   WG2 
2024/124/04:51:59  736404752 240503  00:11:23   MAL 
2024/124/06:02:22  736408975 240503  00:07:46   WG2 
2024/124/06:33:43  736410856 240503  00:10:05   MAL 
2024/124/07:34:23  736414496 240503  00:08:06   WS1 
 (gap)
2024/124/13:20:09  736435242 240503  00:10:11   MAL 
2024/124/15:00:38  736441271 240503  00:11:19   MAL 
2024/124/16:12:02  736445555 240503  00:10:16   SA1 
Using file ICS_2024_117_121303_00.txt