No. 96 - Mission Update
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | Main Activity |
| 670 | 09/09/07 | 252 | Routine operations |
| 671 | 10/09/07 | 253 | Routine operations |
| 672 | 11/09/07 | 254 | Routine Operations |
| 673 | 12/09/07 | 255 | Routine Operations |
| 674 | 13/09/07 | 255 | Routine Operations |
| 675 | 14/09/07 | 257 | Routine Operations |
| 676 | 15/09/07 | 258 | Routine Operations. VIRTIS H Test |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 258, 15:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 58.0 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 193 seconds.
Payload Activities
ASPERA
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
MAG
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
PFS
The instrument was not operated during the reporting period.
SPICAV
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
VeRA
No RSI activities took place this week
VIRTIS
A further test that included the VIRTIS H cooler was performed on DOY 258. Otherwise only Virtis M part has been operated during this period as the failure on H cooler is still under investigation.
VMC
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
- Further VIRTIS testing
- Quadrature start 19th October