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 2023/272/12:40:02 UT

Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
    Start_Date     Start_MET yymmdd  Duration Station
2023/272/12:30:07  717683439 230929  00:11:41   MAL 
2023/272/13:41:48  717687740 230929  00:10:35   SA1 
2023/272/15:22:38  717693790 230929  00:10:28   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/272/19:35:33  717708965 230929  00:12:24   SI1 
2023/272/22:43:34  717720246 230929  00:08:51   MAL 
2023/273/01:34:59  717730531 230930  00:07:55   WG2 
2023/273/02:05:07  717732339 230930  00:11:17   MAL 
2023/273/03:15:32  717736564 230930  00:07:53   WG2 
2023/273/06:16:25  717747417 230930  00:10:08   HI2 
2023/273/08:54:11  717756883 230930  00:08:53   MAL 
2023/273/12:15:52  717768984 230930  00:11:38   MAL 
2023/273/13:27:29  717773281 230930  00:10:37   SA1 
2023/273/15:08:25  717779337 230930  00:10:18   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/273/19:21:17  717794509 230930  00:12:31   SI1 
2023/273/22:29:02  717805774 230930  00:09:27   MAL 
2023/274/00:09:28  717811800 231001  00:11:22   MAL 
2023/274/01:20:33  717816065 231001  00:08:05   WG2 
2023/274/03:01:18  717822110 231001  00:07:39   WG2 
2023/274/03:33:35  717824047 231001  00:09:05   MAL 
2023/274/04:33:39  717827651 231001  00:08:26   WS1 
 (gap)
2023/274/10:20:24  717848456 231001  00:11:17   MAL 
2023/274/13:13:09  717858821 231001  00:10:39   SA1 
2023/274/13:44:03  717860675 231001  00:09:32   MAL 
2023/274/14:54:13  717864885 231001  00:10:03   SA1 
2023/274/17:26:09  717874001 231001  00:11:30   SI1 
 (gap)
2023/274/23:26:27  717895619 231001  00:06:31   WG2 
2023/275/01:06:06  717901598 231002  00:08:12   WG1 
2023/275/02:47:04  717907656 231002  00:07:20   WG2 
2023/275/03:19:36  717909608 231002  00:08:37   MAL 
 (gap)
2023/275/10:06:00  717933992 231002  00:11:28   MAL 
2023/275/11:18:18  717938330 231002  00:10:04   SA1 
2023/275/12:58:47  717944359 231002  00:10:38   SA1 
2023/275/13:30:04  717946236 231002  00:08:56   MAL 
2023/275/17:11:45  717959537 231002  00:11:49   SI1 
 (gap)
2023/275/23:11:43  717981135 231002  00:07:05   WG2 
2023/275/23:40:46  717982878 231002  00:11:30   MAL 
2023/276/00:51:40  717987132 231003  00:08:15   WG2 
2023/276/02:32:51  717993203 231003  00:06:55   WG2 
2023/276/03:05:36  717995168 231003  00:08:09   MAL 
2023/276/04:05:02  717998734 231003  00:08:28   WS1 
 (gap)
2023/276/09:51:36  718019528 231003  00:11:35   MAL 
2023/276/11:03:50  718023862 231003  00:10:14   SA1 
2023/276/12:44:26  718029898 231003  00:10:34   SA1 
2023/276/13:16:07  718031799 231003  00:08:14   MAL 
 (gap)
2023/276/22:57:04  718066656 231003  00:07:31   WG2 
2023/276/23:26:24  718068416 231003  00:11:28   MAL 
2023/277/00:37:14  718072666 231004  00:08:14   WG2 
2023/277/02:18:41  718078753 231004  00:06:22   WG1 
2023/277/03:50:44  718084276 231004  00:08:14   WS1 
2023/277/07:56:21  718099013 231004  00:10:26   MAL 
2023/277/09:37:11  718105063 231004  00:11:38   MAL 
2023/277/10:49:21  718109393 231004  00:10:23   SA1 
2023/277/12:30:05  718115437 231004  00:10:27   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/277/16:42:56  718130608 231004  00:12:18   SI1 
2023/277/18:24:12  718136684 231004  00:12:26   SI1 
2023/277/19:50:47  718141879 231004  00:08:19   MAL 
2023/277/22:42:27  718152179 231004  00:07:49   WG1 
2023/277/23:12:03  718153955 231004  00:11:23   MAL 
2023/278/00:22:49  718158201 231005  00:08:09   WG2 
2023/278/01:55:13  718163745 231005  00:08:31   WS1 
2023/278/06:01:17  718178509 231005  00:08:21   MAL 
2023/278/09:22:46  718190598 231005  00:11:38   MAL 
2023/278/10:34:53  718194925 231005  00:10:28   SA1 
2023/278/12:15:43  718200975 231005  00:10:19   SA1 
 (gap)
2023/278/16:28:31  718216143 231005  00:12:28   SI1 
2023/278/19:36:04  718227396 231005  00:09:00   MAL 
2023/278/22:27:50  718237702 231005  00:08:04   WG2 
2023/278/22:57:41  718239493 231005  00:11:15   MAL 
2023/279/00:08:24  718243736 231006  00:08:00   WG2 
2023/279/00:40:09  718245641 231006  00:09:25   MAL 
2023/279/01:40:47  718249279 231006  00:08:37   WS1 
 (gap)
2023/279/07:27:16  718270068 231006  00:11:00   MAL 
2023/279/10:20:24  718280456 231006  00:10:31   SA1 
2023/279/10:50:30  718282262 231006  00:09:58   MAL 
2023/279/12:01:21  718286513 231006  00:10:08   SA1 
Using file ICS_2023_272_121655_00.txt