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| No. 232 - Start of Eclipse Season; Completion of Radio Science Investigations Occultation Campaign #10 |
Report for the period 27 February to 26 March 2011 (week 9 - week 12)
The reporting period, covering four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, was devoted to routine science activities. Twelve occultations were observed for Radio Science Investigations (RSI) campaign #10. |
| Date: 12 Apr 2011 |
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| No. 153 - Orbit determination and spacecraft reconfiguration |
Report for the period 19 February to 4 March 2011
This report covers 14 days of Rosetta mission operations. The main activities were delta differential one-way ranging (DDOR) to determine the outcome of the burns performed during the previous reporting periods as part of the first rendezvous manoeuvre (RDVM#1) and reconfiguration of the spacecraft upon completion of the manoeuvre. |
| Date: 21 Mar 2011 |
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| Herschel Status Report - March 2011 |
Report for period 23 February to 16 March 2011 Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.
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| Date: 21 Mar 2011 |
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| No. 231 - End of Outbound Quadrature Operations; Radio Science Investigations – Continuation of Occultation Campaign #10 |
Report for the period 30 January to 26 February 2011 (week 5 - week 8)
The reporting period, covering four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, was devoted to routine science activities. Nine occultations were observed for Radio Science Investigations (RSI) campaign #10 |
| Date: 16 Mar 2011 |
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| No. 152 - Solar array test at four AU and rendezvous trim burn |
Report for the period 12 to 18 February 2011
This report covers seven days of Rosetta mission operations. The main activities were a download performance test of the S-band high-gain antenna, a test of solar array performance at four AU from the Sun, delta differential one-way ranging (DDOR) and a trim burn performed as part of the first rendezvous manoeuvre (RDVM#1). |
| Date: 04 Mar 2011 |
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| Herschel Status Report - February 2011 |
Report for period 20 January to 23 February 2011 Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected. |
| Date: 28 Feb 2011 |
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| No. 151 - Spacecraft ranging and trim burn |
Report for the period 25 January to 11 February 2011
This report covers 18 days of Rosetta mission operations. The main activities were delta differential one-way ranging (DDOR) to determine the outcome of the burns performed during the previous reporting period as part of the first rendezvous manoeuvre (RDVM#1), and an attempt to perform the TRIM1 burn. |
| Date: 18 Feb 2011 |
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| No. 230 - Radio Science Investigations – Start of Occultation Campaign #10 |
Report for the period 2 January to 29 January 2011 (week 1 - week 4)
The reporting period, covering four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, was devoted to routine science activities. Nine occultations were observed for Radio Science Investigations campaign #10. |
| Date: 15 Feb 2011 |
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| No. 150 - First rendezvous manoeuvre |
Report for the period 17 to 24 January 2011
This report covers 8 days of Rosetta mission operations. During the reporting period about 98 per cent of the first rendezvous manoeuvre (RDVM#1, total DV ~ 780 ms-1) was completed with a sequence of six burns.
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| Date: 31 Jan 2011 |
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| Herschel Status Report - January 2011 |
Report for period 9 December 2010 to 20 January 2011 Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected. The first observations from the first in-flight Open Time (OT1) programmes have been carried out. |
| Date: 25 Jan 2011 |
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| No. 149 - Preparations for first rendezvous manoeuvre |
Report for the period 18 December 2010 to 16 January 2011
This report covers 30 days of Rosetta mission operations. The spacecraft has been fully configured for the execution of the first rendezvous manoeuvre, planned to start on 17 January. |
| Date: 21 Jan 2011 |
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| No. 229 - Start of outbound quadrature phase |
Report for the period 5 December 2010 to 1 January 2011 (week 49 - week 52)
The reporting period, covering four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, was devoted to routine science activities. |
| Date: 18 Jan 2011 |
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