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| No. 206 - Orbit control manoeuvres |
Report for Period 18 October to 24 October 2009 The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. Two orbit control manoeuvres were successfully performed; one to lower the orbit's apocentre altitude and one to raise the pericentre altitude. On DOY 293 the regular DDOR measurements were performed. |
| Date: 28 Oct 2009 |
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| Herschel Status Report - October 2009 |
Report for period 23 September to 21 October 2009 Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected. Investigations for the recovery of the HIFI instrument are progressing well, and a plan for switching on the instrument's back-up electronics is being finalized. |
| Date: 25 Oct 2009 |
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| No. 205 - Atmospheric drag experiments |
Report for Period 11 October to 17 October 2009 The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week.
A series of atmospheric drag experiments has been completed in the reporting period. |
| Date: 21 Oct 2009 |
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| No. 121 - Payload check-out 10 concludes; Earth swing-by preparations |
Report for Period 3 October to 16 October 2009
The remaining activities of the payload check-out 10 (PC10) have been conducted in the reporting period, along with spacecraft maintenance activities. The reporting period also covers the first two weeks of the navigation campaign leading to Rosetta's third Earth swing-by on 13 November. |
| Date: 21 Oct 2009 |
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| No. 204 - Mission Operations Update |
Report for Period 4 October to 10 October 2009 The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week.
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| Date: 14 Oct 2009 |
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| No. 203 - Mission Operations Update |
Report for Period 27 September to 3 October 2009 The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. On DOY 271 the regular DDOR measurements were performed. |
| Date: 07 Oct 2009 |
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| No. 120 - Payload check-out 10 |
Report for Period 26 September to 2 October 2009 The reporting period covers the second week of the payload check-out 10 (PC10). Instruments were activated, tested, and calibrated and software updated as planned. Both the spacecraft and the ground segment are behaving nominally. |
| Date: 07 Oct 2009 |
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| Mars Express Status Report - September 2009 |
Main events and activities
The Mars Express Science Working Team has decided on a final orbit change to 88:25 resonance in March 2010, after one month on a 131:37 intermediate orbit to secure a Phobos observation campaign. |
| Date: 06 Oct 2009 |
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