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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 2023/079/12:40:04 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2023/079/13:08:54  701010565 230320  00:08:38   WS1 
2023/079/17:15:47  701025378 230320  00:09:31   MAL 
2023/079/20:08:58  701035769 230320  00:10:00   SA1 
2023/079/20:38:07  701037518 230320  00:11:38   MAL 
2023/079/21:49:35  701041806 230320  00:10:44   SA1 
2023/079/23:30:53  701047884 230320  00:10:06   SA1 
2023/080/02:03:06  701057017 230321  00:11:45   SI1 
 (gap)
2023/080/06:52:17  701074368 230321  00:10:17   MAL 
2023/080/08:03:59  701078670 230321  00:07:00   WG2 
2023/080/09:44:00  701084671 230321  00:08:28   WG2 
2023/080/10:15:11  701086542 230321  00:10:52   MAL 
2023/080/11:25:14  701090745 230321  00:07:29   WG2 
2023/080/12:57:44  701096295 230321  00:08:40   WS1 
2023/080/17:04:30  701111101 230321  00:09:59   MAL 
2023/080/19:57:36  701121487 230321  00:10:15   SA1 
2023/080/20:27:06  701123257 230321  00:11:24   MAL 
2023/080/21:38:21  701127532 230321  00:10:42   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/081/01:51:49  701142740 230322  00:12:06   SI1 
 (gap)
2023/081/06:40:56  701160087 230322  00:10:45   MAL 
2023/081/07:52:24  701164375 230322  00:07:33   WG1 
2023/081/09:32:41  701170392 230322  00:08:29   WG2 
2023/081/10:04:15  701172286 230322  00:10:30   MAL 
2023/081/11:14:11  701176482 230322  00:06:57   WG2 
2023/081/12:46:34  701182025 230322  00:08:33   WS1 
2023/081/15:12:24  701190775 230322  00:07:52   MAL 
2023/081/18:34:14  701202885 230322  00:11:44   MAL 
2023/081/19:46:13  701207204 230322  00:10:27   SA1 
2023/081/21:27:08  701213259 230322  00:10:36   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/082/01:40:32  701228463 230323  00:12:23   SI1 
2023/082/04:49:16  701239787 230323  00:08:17   MAL 
2023/082/07:40:51  701250082 230323  00:07:58   WG2 
2023/082/08:10:54  701251885 230323  00:11:34   MAL 
2023/082/09:21:23  701256114 230323  00:08:24   WG2 
2023/082/10:54:01  701261672 230323  00:08:35   WS1 
2023/082/12:35:24  701267755 230323  00:08:15   WS1 
2023/082/15:01:07  701276498 230323  00:08:22   MAL 
2023/082/18:23:02  701288613 230323  00:11:45   MAL 
2023/082/19:34:52  701292923 230323  00:10:34   SA1 
2023/082/21:15:54  701298985 230323  00:10:28   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/083/01:29:15  701314186 230324  00:12:36   SI1 
2023/083/04:37:44  701325495 230324  00:09:06   MAL 
2023/083/07:29:21  701335792 230324  00:08:14   WG2 
2023/083/07:59:47  701337618 230324  00:11:25   MAL 
2023/083/09:10:06  701341837 230324  00:08:14   WG2 
2023/083/10:42:43  701347394 230324  00:08:45   WS1 
2023/083/14:49:46  701362217 230324  00:08:53   MAL 
2023/083/18:11:51  701374342 230324  00:11:41   MAL 
2023/083/19:23:30  701378641 230324  00:10:39   SA1 
2023/083/21:04:40  701384711 230324  00:10:16   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/084/01:17:58  701399909 230325  00:12:44   SI1 
2023/084/04:26:13  701411204 230325  00:09:48   MAL 
2023/084/07:17:52  701421503 230325  00:08:26   WG2 
2023/084/07:48:41  701423352 230325  00:11:13   MAL 
2023/084/08:58:51  701427562 230325  00:07:58   WG2 
2023/084/10:31:25  701433116 230325  00:08:42   WS1 
2023/084/14:38:23  701447934 230325  00:09:23   MAL 
2023/084/18:00:41  701460072 230325  00:11:32   MAL 
2023/084/19:12:08  701464359 230325  00:10:41   SA1 
2023/084/20:53:27  701470438 230325  00:10:00   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/085/01:06:41  701485632 230326  00:12:48   SI1 
2023/085/04:14:42  701496913 230326  00:10:22   MAL 
2023/085/05:26:27  701501218 230326  00:06:58   WG2 
2023/085/07:06:25  701507216 230326  00:08:30   WG2 
2023/085/07:37:36  701509087 230326  00:10:56   MAL 
2023/085/08:47:37  701513288 230326  00:07:35   WG2 
2023/085/10:20:07  701518838 230326  00:08:42   WS1 
2023/085/14:26:58  701533649 230326  00:09:52   MAL 
2023/085/17:20:00  701544031 230326  00:10:15   SA1 
2023/085/17:49:32  701545803 230326  00:11:18   MAL 
2023/085/19:00:46  701550077 230326  00:10:40   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/086/00:55:57  701571388 230327  00:12:49   SI1 
 (gap)
2023/086/05:15:17  701586948 230327  00:07:31   WG2 
2023/086/06:55:32  701592963 230327  00:08:30   WG2 
2023/086/08:37:00  701599051 230327  00:07:02   WG2 
2023/086/10:09:23  701604594 230327  00:08:37   WS1 
Using file ICS_2023_079_121232_00.txt