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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 2026/301/12:40:13 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2026/296/00:55:30  814409769 261023  00:07:31   MAL 
2026/296/02:31:08  814415507 261023  00:06:54   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/296/10:30:25  814444264 261023  00:06:31   MAL 
2026/296/12:05:12  814449951 261023  00:07:34   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/296/23:16:25  814490224 261023  00:06:19   MAL 
2026/297/00:51:02  814495901 261024  00:07:32   MAL 
2026/297/02:27:04  814501663 261024  00:06:05   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/297/10:25:13  814530352 261024  00:07:04   MAL 
2026/297/12:00:17  814536056 261024  00:07:18   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/297/23:10:26  814576265 261024  00:06:58   MAL 
2026/298/00:45:24  814581963 261025  00:07:17   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/298/10:18:47  814616366 261025  00:07:20   MAL 
2026/298/11:54:09  814622088 261025  00:06:45   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/298/23:03:12  814662231 261025  00:07:16   MAL 
2026/299/00:38:29  814667948 261026  00:06:48   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/299/08:36:34  814696633 261026  00:06:04   MAL 
2026/299/10:10:59  814702298 261026  00:07:22   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/299/22:54:34  814748113 261026  00:07:19   MAL 
2026/300/00:30:09  814753848 261027  00:06:06   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/300/08:27:05  814782464 261027  00:06:36   MAL 
2026/300/10:01:42  814788141 261027  00:07:11   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/300/21:09:56  814828235 261027  00:06:24   MAL 
2026/300/22:44:22  814833901 261027  00:07:09   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/301/08:15:59  814868198 261028  00:06:54   MAL 
2026/301/09:50:48  814873887 261028  00:06:47   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/301/20:57:49  814913908 261028  00:06:46   MAL 
2026/301/22:32:29  814919588 261028  00:06:49   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/302/08:03:06  814953825 261029  00:07:01   MAL 
2026/302/09:38:08  814959527 261029  00:06:12   MAL 
 (gap)
2026/302/20:43:50  814999469 261029  00:06:55   MAL 
2026/302/22:18:42  815005161 261029  00:06:20   MAL 
Using file ICS_2026_295_174947_00.txt