No. 34 - Preparations for Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre 4
The last pass of the reporting period was dedicated to the preparation of TCM-4. In particular, the slews around the manoeuvre have been loaded on-board. This small Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre of about 9 cms-1 is planned on 25 November. SREM is kept activated for background radiation monitoring since 22 October. Weekly passes over the New Norcia station have been made since 18 October. There is no DSN support during this phase.
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
|
Mission Day |
Date |
DOY |
Main Activity |
|
241 |
28/29.10.04 |
302 | Monitoring pass |
|
248 |
04/05.11.04 |
309 | Monitoring pass - Gyro-less estimator switch-on |
|
255 |
11/12.11.04 |
316 | Monitoring pass |
|
262 |
18/19.11.04 |
323 | Monitoring pass - TCM-4 Preparation |
Note: skipped passes are not included.
At the end of the last New Norcia pass in the reporting period (DOY 324) Rosetta was at 49.8 million kilometres from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 2 minutes 46 seconds.