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 2026/201/12:40:50 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2026/201/13:14:23  806246063 260720  00:07:36   HI1 
2026/201/14:51:41  806251901 260720  00:07:38   HI1 
2026/201/18:06:24  806263584 260720  00:07:31   HI2 
2026/201/18:59:41  806266781 260720  00:08:47   MAL 
2026/201/20:37:00  806272620 260720  00:08:43   MAL 
2026/201/21:45:31  806276731 260720  00:07:36   SA1 
 (gap)
2026/202/03:24:59  806297099 260721  00:10:01   SI1 
 (gap)
2026/202/08:01:51  806313711 260721  00:08:53   MAL 
2026/202/09:39:20  806319560 260721  00:08:32   MAL 
2026/202/13:40:21  806334021 260721  00:07:40   HI1 
2026/202/14:49:47  806338187 260721  00:09:40   SI1 
2026/202/15:17:44  806339864 260721  00:07:38   HI2 
2026/202/16:55:04  806345704 260721  00:07:38   HI2 
2026/202/17:48:37  806348917 260721  00:08:13   MAL 
2026/202/19:25:32  806354732 260721  00:09:01   MAL 
2026/202/21:03:40  806360620 260721  00:07:22   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/203/06:50:45  806395845 260722  00:08:23   MAL 
2026/203/08:27:45  806401665 260722  00:08:55   MAL 
2026/203/10:06:01  806407561 260722  00:07:12   MAL 
2026/203/12:28:59  806416139 260722  00:07:40   HI1 
2026/203/14:06:20  806421980 260722  00:07:38   HI1 
2026/203/15:15:28  806426128 260722  00:10:03   SI1 
2026/203/16:37:36  806431056 260722  00:07:20   MAL 
2026/203/18:14:11  806436851 260722  00:08:58   MAL 
2026/203/19:51:45  806442705 260722  00:08:20   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/204/05:39:46  806477986 260723  00:07:27   MAL 
2026/204/07:16:17  806483777 260723  00:09:00   MAL 
2026/204/08:54:03  806489643 260723  00:08:06   MAL 
2026/204/11:17:37  806498257 260723  00:07:33   HI1 
2026/204/12:54:51  806504091 260723  00:07:39   HI1 
2026/204/14:04:05  806508245 260723  00:09:54   SI1 
2026/204/14:32:13  806509933 260723  00:07:38   HI1 
2026/204/17:02:53  806518973 260723  00:08:35   MAL 
2026/204/18:40:01  806524801 260723  00:08:52   MAL 
2026/204/19:48:39  806528919 260723  00:07:34   SA1 
 (gap)
2026/205/01:28:00  806549280 260724  00:09:56   SI1 
 (gap)
2026/205/06:04:55  806565895 260724  00:08:43   MAL 
2026/205/07:42:11  806571731 260724  00:08:42   MAL 
2026/205/11:43:18  806586198 260724  00:07:41   HI1 
2026/205/13:20:40  806592040 260724  00:07:38   HI2 
2026/205/14:57:59  806597879 260724  00:07:40   HI1 
2026/205/15:51:38  806601098 260724  00:07:53   MAL 
2026/205/17:28:24  806606904 260724  00:09:02   MAL 
2026/205/19:06:16  806612776 260724  00:07:49   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/206/01:53:41  806637221 260725  00:09:54   SI1 
2026/206/04:53:40  806648020 260725  00:08:03   MAL 
2026/206/06:30:27  806653827 260725  00:08:59   MAL 
2026/206/08:08:30  806659710 260725  00:07:35   MAL 
2026/206/10:31:44  806668304 260725  00:07:38   HI1 
2026/206/12:09:02  806674142 260725  00:07:38   HI1 
2026/206/13:18:05  806678285 260725  00:10:02   SI1 
2026/206/13:46:23  806679983 260725  00:07:39   HI1 
2026/206/14:40:25  806683225 260725  00:06:52   MAL 
2026/206/16:16:52  806689012 260725  00:08:51   MAL 
2026/206/17:54:14  806694854 260725  00:08:36   MAL 
2026/206/19:02:35  806698955 260725  00:07:32   SA1 
 (gap)
2026/207/00:41:58  806719318 260726  00:10:00   SI1 
2026/207/03:42:32  806730152 260726  00:06:55   MAL 
2026/207/05:18:49  806735929 260726  00:08:55   MAL 
2026/207/06:56:22  806741782 260726  00:08:22   MAL 
2026/207/10:57:20  806756240 260726  00:07:40   HI1 
2026/207/12:34:42  806762082 260726  00:07:37   HI1 
2026/207/14:12:00  806767920 260726  00:07:37   HI1 
2026/207/15:05:23  806771123 260726  00:08:20   MAL 
2026/207/16:42:21  806776941 260726  00:08:58   MAL 
2026/207/18:20:34  806782834 260726  00:07:06   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/207/23:30:19  806801419 260726  00:09:48   SI1 
 (gap)
2026/208/12:31:50  806848310 260727  00:10:02   SI1 
Using file ICS_2026_201_123942_00.txt