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    No. 100 - Mission Latest

    18 Oct 2007 14:18

    Report for Period 7 October to 13 October 2007

    Routine observations took place during this reporting period.

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

    MET (Day) Date DOY Main Activity
    698 07/09/07 280 Routine operations
    699 08/10/07 281 Routine operations
    700 09/10/07 282 Routine Operations. Cebreros maintenance
    701 10/10/07 283 Routine Operations
    702 11/10/07 284 Routine Operations
    703 12/10/07 285 Routine Operations
    704 13/10/07 286 Routine Operations. TM BRC to 45.7 kbps at 14:53

    At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 286, 18:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 86.8 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 289 seconds.

    Payload Activities

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

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

    PFS
    The instrument was not operated during the reporting period.

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

    VeRA
    No RSI activities took place this week.

    VIRTIS
    The instrument was not operated during the reporting period. All covers are closed and VIRTIS is in a safe state. VMOC has completed the development of new procedures to operate the cooler motors of both the H and M units.

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

    Future Milestones

    • Quadrature start on 19 October


    Last Update: 19 Oct 2007

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