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.
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This report produced at 2026/208/12:40:30 UT
Expected times of contacts with all ground stations in UT:
Start_Date Start_MET yymmdd Duration Station
2026/205/19:06:35 806612795 260724 00:07:48 MAL
(gap)
2026/206/01:53:41 806637221 260725 00:09:54 SI1
2026/206/04:53:59 806648039 260725 00:08:04 MAL
2026/206/06:30:48 806653848 260725 00:08:58 MAL
2026/206/08:08:51 806659731 260725 00:07:35 MAL
2026/206/10:31:44 806668304 260725 00:07:38 HI1
2026/206/12:09:02 806674142 260725 00:07:38 HI1
2026/206/13:18:05 806678285 260725 00:10:02 SI1
2026/206/13:46:23 806679983 260725 00:07:39 HI1
2026/206/16:17:14 806689034 260725 00:08:52 MAL
2026/206/17:54:37 806694877 260725 00:08:36 MAL
2026/206/19:02:35 806698955 260725 00:07:32 SA1
(gap)
2026/207/00:41:58 806719318 260726 00:10:00 SI1
(gap)
2026/207/05:19:14 806735954 260726 00:08:55 MAL
2026/207/06:56:48 806741808 260726 00:08:22 MAL
2026/207/10:57:20 806756240 260726 00:07:40 HI1
2026/207/12:34:42 806762082 260726 00:07:37 HI1
2026/207/14:12:00 806767920 260726 00:07:37 HI1
2026/207/15:05:50 806771150 260726 00:08:21 MAL
2026/207/16:42:48 806776968 260726 00:08:59 MAL
2026/207/18:21:02 806782862 260726 00:07:06 MAL
(gap)
2026/207/23:30:19 806801419 260726 00:09:48 SI1
(gap)
2026/208/04:07:48 806818068 260727 00:08:30 MAL
2026/208/05:44:52 806823892 260727 00:08:50 MAL
2026/208/09:44:50 806838290 260727 00:07:39 HI1
2026/208/11:22:09 806844129 260727 00:07:36 HI1
2026/208/12:31:55 806848315 260727 00:10:03 SI1
2026/208/12:59:27 806849967 260727 00:07:38 HI1
2026/208/13:54:29 806853269 260727 00:07:31 MAL
2026/208/15:31:06 806859066 260727 00:09:00 MAL
2026/208/16:39:43 806863183 260727 00:07:11 SA1
2026/208/18:16:18 806868978 260727 00:07:27 SA1
(gap)
2026/208/23:55:43 806889343 260727 00:09:58 SI1
2026/209/02:56:29 806900189 260728 00:07:39 MAL
2026/209/04:33:04 806905984 260728 00:08:59 MAL
2026/209/06:10:55 806911855 260728 00:07:55 MAL
2026/209/08:32:49 806920369 260728 00:07:34 HI2
2026/209/10:10:01 806926201 260728 00:07:38 HI2
2026/209/11:20:03 806930403 260728 00:09:57 SI1
2026/209/11:47:21 806932041 260728 00:07:37 HI2
2026/209/13:24:38 806937878 260728 00:07:31 HI2
2026/209/14:19:30 806941170 260728 00:08:40 MAL
2026/209/15:56:41 806947001 260728 00:08:48 MAL
2026/209/17:04:31 806951071 260728 00:07:32 SA1
(gap)
2026/209/22:43:47 806971427 260728 00:09:56 SI1
(gap)
2026/210/03:21:23 806988083 260729 00:08:47 MAL
2026/210/04:58:44 806993924 260729 00:08:35 MAL
2026/210/08:57:48 807008268 260729 00:07:39 HI2
2026/210/10:35:07 807014107 260729 00:07:36 HI2
2026/210/11:45:16 807018316 260729 00:09:57 SI1
2026/210/12:12:23 807019943 260729 00:07:38 HI2
2026/210/13:07:57 807023277 260729 00:08:01 MAL
2026/210/14:44:45 807029085 260729 00:09:01 MAL
2026/210/15:52:47 807033167 260729 00:07:21 SA1
2026/210/16:22:42 807034962 260729 00:07:36 MAL
2026/210/17:29:32 807038972 260729 00:07:15 SA1
(gap)
2026/210/23:09:00 807059340 260729 00:09:50 SI1
2026/211/02:09:48 807070188 260730 00:08:12 MAL
2026/211/03:46:40 807076000 260730 00:08:56 MAL
2026/211/05:24:48 807081888 260730 00:07:22 MAL
2026/211/07:45:30 807090330 260730 00:07:38 HI2
2026/211/09:22:46 807096166 260730 00:07:37 HI2
2026/211/10:33:08 807100388 260730 00:10:01 SI1
2026/211/11:00:03 807102003 260730 00:07:38 HI2
2026/211/13:32:55 807111175 260730 00:08:53 MAL
2026/211/15:10:21 807117021 260730 00:08:28 MAL
2026/211/16:17:30 807121050 260730 00:07:29 SA1
(gap)
2026/211/21:56:47 807141407 260730 00:09:59 SI1
2026/212/00:58:21 807152301 260731 00:07:10 MAL
2026/212/02:34:44 807158084 260731 00:08:56 MAL
2026/212/04:12:21 807163941 260731 00:08:14 MAL
2026/212/08:10:18 807178218 260731 00:07:38 HI2
2026/212/09:21:04 807182464 260731 00:09:46 SI1
2026/212/09:47:36 807184056 260731 00:07:37 HI2
2026/212/12:21:09 807193269 260731 00:08:25 MAL
2026/212/13:58:09 807199089 260731 00:08:55 MAL
2026/212/15:05:30 807203130 260731 00:07:27 SA1
Using file ICS_2026_205_181940_00.txt
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