No. 21 - Ongoing Cruise Phase Activities
The uplink validation procedure was validated on ground using the Rosetta Engineering Model spacecraft. In the last pass of the reporting period the main part of the uplink of the patch files to the SSMM took place.
For the first time in the mission only two New Norcia passes were taken for spacecraft monitoring over the entire week, on 11 and 15 July.
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
|
Mission Day |
Date |
DOY |
Main Activity |
|
130 |
09/10.07.04 |
191/192 | Skipped ground contact |
|
131 |
10/11.07.04 |
192/193 | Skipped ground contact |
|
132 |
11/12.07.04 |
193/194 | Monitoring pass |
|
133 |
12/13.07.04 |
194/195 | Skipped ground contact |
|
134 |
13/14.07.04 |
195/196 | Skipped ground contact |
|
135 |
14/15.07.04 |
196/197 | Skipped ground contact |
|
136 |
15/16.07.04 |
197/198 | Uplink of weekly MTL and OBSW v7 files to SSMM |
At the end of the last New Norcia pass in the reporting period (DOY 198) Rosetta was at 67.1 million kilometres from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 3 minutes 44 seconds.