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    No. 137 - Routine Operations

    02 Jul 2008 12:44

    Report for Period 22 June to 28 June 2008

    The reporting period was the first complete week of nominal science operations after the solar conjunction phase.

    The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:

    MET (Day) Date DOY Main Activity
    957 22/06/08 174 Routine Operations
    958 23/06/08 175 Routine Operations
    959 24/06/08 176 Routine Operations
    960 25/06/08 177 Routine Operations
    961 26/06/08 178 Routine Operations
    962 27/06/08 179 Routine Operations
    963 28/06/08 180 Routine operations

    At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 180) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 257.8 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 860 seconds.

    Payload Activities

    ASPERA
    The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.

    MAG
    The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.

    PFS
    The instrument was not operated during the reporting period.

    SPICAV
    The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.

    VeRA
    No observations were made during the reporting period.

    VIRTIS
    The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.

    VMC
    The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.

    Future Milestones

    • Beginning of pericentre lowering operation, scheduled for 13 July 2008
    • Organise an S-band carrier power test after solar conjunction

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    This report is based on the ESOC mission operations report, MOR #137. Please see the copyright section of the legal disclaimer (bottom of this page) for terms of use.


    Last Update: 09 Jul 2008

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