No. 79 - Entry into Quadrature
During this reporting period only three passes were taken and the table below shows a chronology of the main activities for each pass:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | VPER# | Main Activity |
| 552 | 14/05/07 | 134 | 388 | Routine Mission Operations |
| 554 | 16/05/07 | 136 | 390 | Routine Mission Operations |
| 556 | 18/05/07 | 138 | 392 | Routine Mission Operations |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 138, 18:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 132 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 441 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
This instrument is OFF and was not operated.
SPICAV
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
VeRA
Occultation observations were performed over NNO on 2007-134, 2007-136 and 2007-138.
VIRTIS
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
VMC
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
Ground Facilities
During the reporting period Venus Express has been supported by passes with Cebreros every second day.
Future Milestones
Swap from HGA 1 to HGA 2 will be performed on DoY 159.
The quadrature phase operations will extend up to mid June 2007 (DoY 167).