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Mission StatusConstellation manoeuvres were finished on 4 July. C3 and C4 were put at 17 km from each other, their closest separation distance in the Cluster lifetime. This constellation will allow investigating very small plasma structures in the tail of the magnetosphere.
Published: 8 November 2007
Mission StatusThe spacecraft status is nominal, with the High Gain Antenna (HGA) Z-axis in a fixed position.
Published: 8 November 2007
Mission StatusAll instruments are currently switched on and functioning nominally. Nutation operations are proceeding as planned, using closed-loop Conscan and SOLACE manoeuvres (open-loop slews together with Conscan) to maintain Earth pointing and damp nutation.
Published: 8 November 2007
Report for the Period 28 October to 3 November 2007The activities during this week cover routine operations in Quadrature. These operations are severely constrained due to the special thermal restrictions that apply during Quadrature phase.The swap from HGA2 to HGA1 was also carried out this week.
Published: 7 November 2007
Report for period 13 - 26 October 2007The reporting period covers a period of 2 weeks of Active Cruise Mode characterised byactivities linked to the preparation of the Earth Swing-by. Frequent tracking passes are taken inorder to assess the spacecraft trajectory. On 18 October a Trajectory Control Manoeuvrehas been performed to set the...
Published: 29 October 2007
Report for the Period 21 October to 27 October 2007Following last week's entry in Quadrature phase, the activities during this week cover routine operations in Quadrature. These operations are severely constrained due to the special thermal restrictions that apply during Quadrature phase.
Published: 29 October 2007
Report for Period 14 October to 20 October 2007The Main activity during this week has been the entrance in Quadrature on the 19 October 2007. The procedure was fully automated as part of the routine plan following the experience of the previous quadrature. The fake ephemeris was again applied in GSP before the AOS inCebreros.
Published: 24 October 2007
Report for Period 7 October to 13 October 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period.
Published: 18 October 2007
Report for Period 30 September 2007 to 12 October 2007The reporting period covers a period of 2 weeks of Active Cruise Mode. The reporting period has been characterised by a very high activity load with the spacecraft instruments as part of the 6th payload check-out.
Published: 15 October 2007
Report for Period 30 September to 6 October 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period.
Published: 11 October 2007
Report for Period 8 September 2007 to 29 September 2007The reporting period covers a period of 3 weeks of Active Cruise Mode. The reporting period has been characterised by a very high activity load with the spacecraft instruments as part of the 6th payload check-out.
Published: 2 October 2007
Report for Period 23 September to 29 September 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period.
Published: 2 October 2007
Report for Period 16 September to 22 September 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period.
Published: 25 September 2007
Report for Period 9 September to 15 September 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period.
Published: 19 September 2007
Report for Period 2 September to 8 September 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period.
Published: 11 September 2007
Report for Period 4 August to 7 September 2007The reporting period covers a period of 5 weeks of Near Sun Hibernation Mode with the reconfiguration to active cruise mode performed in the last week. All activities have beenconducted according to the plan.
Published: 9 September 2007
Report for Period 26 August to 1 September 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period.
Published: 4 September 2007
Report for Period 19 August to 25 August 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period, occurring as planned except forVIRTIS operations. Three occurrences of a solar array pointing anomaly were seen over DOY235/236, the last two leading to one of the SA motors being declared failed.
Published: 29 August 2007
Report for Period 12 August to 18 August 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period, occurring as planned except for VIRTIS operations. The VIRTIS movie had to be stopped due to an unexplained anomaly of the H-cooling motor current the triggered an OOL. The M unit is not affected by the anomaly as is expected to resume...
Published: 22 August 2007
Report for Period 05 August to 11 August 2007Routine observations took place during this reporting period, occurring as planned. The spacecraftis nearing its closest approach to Earth, and the reduced distance allowed to sustain the highestTM Bit Rate with HGA2 (228 kbps).
Published: 15 August 2007
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