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No. 114 - Routine Operations

22 January 2008

Report for Period 13 January to 19 January 2008

Routine activities were carried out during the reporting period.

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

MET (Day) Date DOY Main Activity
796 13/01/08 013 Routine Operations
797 14/01/08 014 Routine Operations
798 15/01/08 015 Routine Operations
799 16/01/08 016 Routine Operations
800 17/01/08 017 Routine Operations
801 18/01/08 018 Routine Operations
802 19/01/08 019 Routine operations

At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 019, 12:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 189.2 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 630 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
Occultation passes with NNO continue to take place as planned. In this reporting period there were passes on DOY 013, 15, 17 and 19. All were nominally completed.

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

  • Routine mission planning

Last Update: 27 February 2008

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