Status report archive

Status report archive

Report for the period 13 October to 9 November 2013This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes the continuation of quadrature operations, a temporary star tracker outage, start of the sixteenth occultation season, continuation of the first sulphur dioxide campaign, and the entire thirteenth Atmospheric Drag...
Published: 8 April 2014
Report for the period 15 September to 12 October 2013.This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes the end of the twenty-fifth eclipse season, continuation of the first sulphur dioxide campaign, and the start of quadrature operations.
Published: 4 April 2014
Report for the period 18 August to 14 September 2013.This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes the beginning of the twenty-fifth solar eclipse season and continuation of the first sulphur dioxide campaign.
Published: 20 March 2014
Report for the period 21 July to 17 August 2013. This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes the completion of the twelfth Atmospheric Drag Experiment campaign and the fifteenth Earth occultation season, and the start of the first sulphur dioxide campaign.
Published: 6 March 2014
Report for the period 23 June to 20 July 2013.This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes the continuation of the fifteenth Earth occultation season, end of the twenty-fourth solar eclipse season, the start of the twelfth Atmospheric Drag Experiment campaign, and special operational requirements due to...
Published: 13 November 2013
Report for the period 26 May to 22 June 2013.This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes continuation of the twenty-fourth eclipse season and the fifteenth Earth occultation season, implementation of the automation of spacecraft passes at the Mission Operations Centre, thermal fuel gauging tests, and handling...
Published: 4 October 2013
Report for the period 28 April to 25 May 2013. This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes the automation of spacecraft passes at the Mission Operations Centre, thermal fuel gauging tests, start of the twenty-fourth eclipse season and the fifteenth Earth occultation season.
Published: 17 September 2013
Report for the period 31 March 2013 to 27 April 2013.This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations. It includes end of planned superior conjunction shutdown, resumption of science operations, automation of spacecraft passes at the Mission Operations Centre and thermal fuel gauging tests.
Published: 15 July 2013
Report for the period 3 March to 30 March 2013. This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, from 3 March to 30 March 2013. It includes entry into superior conjunction and planned science downlink shutdown.
Published: 15 July 2013
Report for period 3 June to 1 July 2013On 17 June 2013 Herschel operations were concluded, following the last manoeuvre to deplete the spacecraft's fuel and the final passivation of the spacecraft. Herschel has been switched off and is in its final heliocentric orbit. The mission is now in its post-operations phase.
Published: 8 July 2013
Report for the period 3 February to 2 March 2013This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, from 3 February to 2 March 2013. It includes the end of the twenty-third eclipse season, the end of the fourteenth Earth occultation season, and the continuation of the surface imaging campaign.
Published: 12 June 2013
Report for period 30 April to 2 June 2013At the end of the previous reporting period, on 29 April, Herschel ran out of liquid helium coolant, marking the end of scientific observations and the in-orbit mission. The Herschel mission is now moving into the post-operational phase. The main manoeuvre in a series to boost the spacecraft from its...
Published: 7 June 2013
Report for period 6 to 29 April 2013Herschel's long and successful lifetime of scientific observations has come to an end. On 29 April 2013 the spacecraft ran out of liquid helium coolant required to maintain the operational temperatures for the instruments' detectors. Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally...
Published: 6 May 2013
Report for period 28 February to 5 April 2013Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.
Published: 12 April 2013
Report for the period 6 January to 2 February 2013This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, from 6 January to 2 February 2013, and includes the continuation of the fourteenth occultation season, the start of the twenty-third eclipse season, and start of the Venus surface imaging campaign.
Published: 28 March 2013
Report for period 5 to 27 February 2013Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.
Published: 27 March 2013
Report for period 6 December 2012 to 4 February 2013Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.
Published: 27 March 2013
Report for the period 9 December 2012 to 5 January 2013This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations, including the start of the fourteenth occultation season, end of the tenth Atmospheric Drag Experiment campaign, and pericentre altitude raising using four orbit correction manoeuvres.
Published: 12 March 2013
Report for the period 11 November to 8 December 2012This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express operations and includes the end of the twenty-second eclipse season, battery charge reconfiguration and a deep discharge test, start of the tenth atmospheric drag experiment campaign, routine star tracker calibration and straylight...
Published: 11 February 2013
Report for the period 14 October to 10 November 2012This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express planned routine operations. It includes nominal operations at moderate telemetry data rates, and the continuation of the twenty-second solar eclipse season.
Published: 31 January 2013
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