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 2026/049/13:40:40 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2026/049/19:36:11  793136208 260218  00:10:40   SI1 
2026/049/22:39:09  793147186 260218  00:08:06   MAL 
2026/050/00:16:37  793153034 260219  00:09:37   MAL 
2026/050/01:55:17  793158954 260219  00:08:49   MAL 
2026/050/03:35:13  793164950 260219  00:06:05   MAL 
2026/050/05:57:45  793173502 260219  00:08:15   HI2 
2026/050/07:07:20  793177677 260219  00:10:32   SI1 
2026/050/07:36:03  793179400 260219  00:08:15   HI2 
2026/050/08:31:32  793182729 260219  00:07:06   MAL 
2026/050/09:14:19  793185296 260219  00:08:09   HI2 
2026/050/10:08:53  793188570 260219  00:09:18   MAL 
2026/050/11:47:01  793194458 260219  00:09:29   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/050/18:37:45  793219102 260219  00:10:37   SI1 
 (gap)
2026/050/23:18:31  793235948 260219  00:09:28   MAL 
2026/051/00:56:52  793241849 260220  00:09:12   MAL 
2026/051/02:36:28  793247825 260220  00:06:55   MAL 
2026/051/04:59:20  793256397 260220  00:08:15   HI2 
2026/051/06:37:38  793262295 260220  00:08:13   HI2 
2026/051/07:33:37  793265654 260220  00:06:16   MAL 
2026/051/08:15:52  793268189 260220  00:08:14   HI2 
2026/051/09:10:49  793271486 260220  00:08:55   MAL 
2026/051/10:48:43  793277360 260220  00:09:39   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/051/17:39:15  793301992 260220  00:10:25   SI1 
2026/051/19:17:27  793307884 260220  00:10:22   SI1 
2026/051/22:20:23  793318860 260220  00:09:10   MAL 
2026/051/23:58:26  793324743 260220  00:09:28   MAL 
2026/052/01:37:43  793330700 260221  00:07:39   MAL 
2026/052/05:39:05  793345182 260221  00:08:13   HI2 
2026/052/07:17:20  793351077 260221  00:08:15   HI2 
2026/052/08:12:43  793354400 260221  00:08:25   MAL 
2026/052/09:50:23  793360260 260221  00:09:40   MAL 
2026/052/11:29:05  793366182 260221  00:08:41   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/052/18:18:38  793390755 260221  00:10:34   SI1 
2026/052/21:22:15  793401772 260221  00:08:42   MAL 
2026/052/23:00:00  793407637 260221  00:09:36   MAL 
2026/053/00:38:57  793413574 260222  00:08:17   MAL 
2026/053/03:02:12  793422169 260222  00:08:13   HI2 
2026/053/06:18:41  793433958 260222  00:08:15   HI2 
2026/053/07:14:34  793437311 260222  00:07:46   MAL 
2026/053/07:56:57  793439854 260222  00:08:01   HI2 
2026/053/08:52:02  793443159 260222  00:09:32   MAL 
2026/053/10:30:25  793449062 260222  00:09:10   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/053/17:19:45  793473622 260222  00:10:38   SI1 
2026/053/20:24:07  793484684 260222  00:08:03   MAL 
2026/053/22:01:33  793490530 260222  00:09:36   MAL 
2026/053/23:40:11  793496448 260222  00:08:48   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/054/04:50:38  793515075 260223  00:10:30   SI1 
2026/054/06:16:21  793520218 260223  00:07:02   MAL 
2026/054/07:53:40  793526057 260223  00:09:16   MAL 
2026/054/09:31:46  793531943 260223  00:09:29   MAL 
2026/054/11:11:11  793537908 260223  00:07:10   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/054/16:20:48  793556485 260223  00:10:34   SI1 
2026/054/19:25:59  793567596 260223  00:07:10   MAL 
2026/054/21:03:06  793573423 260223  00:09:26   MAL 
2026/054/22:41:25  793579322 260223  00:09:12   MAL 
2026/055/00:20:59  793585296 260224  00:06:55   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/055/06:55:16  793608953 260224  00:08:52   MAL 
2026/055/08:33:06  793614823 260224  00:09:38   MAL 
2026/055/10:12:06  793620763 260224  00:08:03   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/055/15:21:47  793639344 260224  00:10:22   SI1 
2026/055/16:59:55  793645232 260224  00:10:23   SI1 
2026/055/20:04:37  793656314 260224  00:09:09   MAL 
2026/055/21:42:38  793662195 260224  00:09:28   MAL 
2026/055/23:21:52  793668149 260224  00:07:40   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/056/05:56:49  793691846 260225  00:08:20   MAL 
2026/056/07:34:26  793697703 260225  00:09:38   MAL 
2026/056/09:13:04  793703621 260225  00:08:42   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/056/14:22:42  793722199 260225  00:10:02   SI1 
2026/056/16:00:35  793728072 260225  00:10:34   SI1 
2026/056/19:06:08  793739205 260225  00:08:39   MAL 
Using file ICS_2026_049_131846_00.txt