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 2024/208/12:40:05 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2024/208/13:51:16  743694710 240726  00:09:44   HI1 
2024/208/14:47:13  743698067 240726  00:08:51   MAL 
2024/208/17:13:14  743706828 240726  00:08:42   HI1 
2024/208/18:07:58  743710112 240726  00:11:07   MAL 
2024/208/19:18:59  743714373 240726  00:10:21   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/209/01:10:52  743735486 240727  00:12:19   SI1 
2024/209/02:52:00  743741554 240727  00:11:39   SI1 
2024/209/05:57:30  743752684 240727  00:11:13   MAL 
2024/209/07:08:15  743756929 240727  00:07:35   WG2 
2024/209/07:38:34  743758748 240727  00:10:44   MAL 
2024/209/08:48:35  743762949 240727  00:06:54   WG2 
2024/209/10:07:41  743767695 240727  00:09:38   HI1 
2024/209/13:29:18  743779792 240727  00:09:44   HI1 
2024/209/14:25:08  743783142 240727  00:09:07   MAL 
2024/209/17:46:00  743795194 240727  00:11:02   MAL 
2024/209/18:56:56  743799450 240727  00:10:21   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/210/00:48:52  743820566 240728  00:12:20   SI1 
 (gap)
2024/210/05:35:28  743837762 240728  00:11:14   MAL 
2024/210/06:46:10  743842004 240728  00:07:37   WG2 
2024/210/07:16:39  743843833 240728  00:10:34   MAL 
2024/210/08:26:37  743848031 240728  00:06:40   WG2 
2024/210/09:45:39  743852773 240728  00:09:41   HI1 
2024/210/13:07:18  743864872 240728  00:09:44   HI1 
2024/210/14:03:01  743868215 240728  00:09:22   MAL 
2024/210/17:24:01  743880275 240728  00:10:57   MAL 
2024/210/18:34:52  743884526 240728  00:10:21   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/210/22:46:27  743899621 240728  00:11:27   SI1 
2024/211/00:26:41  743905635 240729  00:12:18   SI1 
 (gap)
2024/211/04:44:36  743921110 240729  00:06:13   WG2 
2024/211/05:13:25  743922839 240729  00:11:15   MAL 
2024/211/06:23:52  743927066 240729  00:07:38   WG2 
2024/211/08:04:28  743933102 240729  00:06:24   WG2 
2024/211/08:37:05  743935059 240729  00:08:00   MAL 
2024/211/09:36:05  743938599 240729  00:08:01   WS1 
 (gap)
2024/211/15:21:03  743959297 240729  00:11:11   MAL 
2024/211/18:12:35  743969589 240729  00:10:19   SA1 
2024/211/18:44:20  743971494 240729  00:08:01   MAL 
2024/211/22:24:09  743984683 240729  00:11:35   SI1 
2024/212/00:04:37  743990711 240730  00:12:16   SI1 
2024/212/03:11:04  744001898 240730  00:10:13   MAL 
2024/212/04:22:17  744006171 240730  00:06:32   WG2 
2024/212/04:51:20  744007914 240730  00:11:14   MAL 
2024/212/06:01:42  744012136 240730  00:07:38   WG2 
2024/212/07:33:33  744017647 240730  00:07:55   WS1 
2024/212/09:13:59  744023673 240730  00:07:54   WS1 
2024/212/13:18:41  744038355 240730  00:09:50   MAL 
2024/212/14:58:54  744044368 240730  00:11:15   MAL 
2024/212/17:50:27  744054661 240730  00:10:16   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/212/23:42:31  744075785 240730  00:12:14   SI1 
 (gap)
2024/213/03:59:57  744091231 240731  00:06:47   WG2 
2024/213/04:29:13  744092987 240731  00:11:11   MAL 
2024/213/05:39:31  744097205 240731  00:07:37   WG2 
2024/213/06:10:44  744099078 240731  00:09:58   MAL 
2024/213/07:11:21  744102715 240731  00:08:00   WS1 
2024/213/08:51:52  744108746 240731  00:07:45   WS1 
2024/213/12:56:28  744123422 240731  00:10:03   MAL 
2024/213/14:36:44  744129438 240731  00:11:18   MAL 
2024/213/15:48:08  744133722 240731  00:10:03   SA1 
2024/213/17:28:16  744139730 240731  00:10:13   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/213/21:39:47  744154821 240731  00:11:50   SI1 
2024/213/23:20:24  744160858 240731  00:12:09   SI1 
2024/214/02:26:37  744172031 240801  00:10:34   MAL 
2024/214/03:37:36  744176290 240801  00:07:01   WG2 
2024/214/05:09:16  744181790 240801  00:07:08   WS1 
2024/214/05:48:42  744184156 240801  00:09:44   MAL 
2024/214/06:49:07  744187781 240801  00:08:06   WS1 
 (gap)
2024/214/12:34:13  744208487 240801  00:10:15   MAL 
2024/214/14:14:33  744214507 240801  00:11:19   MAL 
2024/214/15:25:52  744218786 240801  00:10:07   SA1 
2024/214/17:06:04  744224798 240801  00:10:09   SA1 
 (gap)
2024/214/21:17:33  744239887 240801  00:11:57   SI1 
2024/214/22:58:15  744245929 240801  00:12:04   SI1 
2024/215/00:24:50  744251124 240802  00:07:54   MAL 
2024/215/02:04:21  744257095 240802  00:10:43   MAL 
2024/215/03:15:13  744261347 240802  00:07:13   WG2 
2024/215/04:46:56  744266850 240802  00:07:16   WS1 
2024/215/06:26:52  744272846 240802  00:08:09   WS1 
 (gap)
2024/215/12:11:56  744293550 240802  00:10:25   MAL 
Using file ICS_2024_208_123914_00.txt