No. 99 - Mission Update
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | Main Activity |
| 691 | 30/09/07 | 273 | Routine operations. Test DDOR with DSN-25 11:15-13:15. Dumps stopped only at 10:55 |
| 692 | 01/10/07 | 274 | Routine operations. A time correlation was executed at the end of the pass to correct an error of -4 ms |
| 693 | 02/10/07 | 275 | Routine Operations. TM BRC to 57.1 kbps at 15:07 |
| 694 | 03/10/07 | 276 | Routine Operations |
| 695 | 04/10/07 | 277 | Routine Operations. Test DDOR with DSN-25 11:00-13:00. Dumps stopped at 10:40 |
| 696 | 05/10/07 | 278 | Routine Operations. XHPA failure. |
| 697 | 06/10/07 | 279 | Routine Operations |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 279, 18:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 78.8 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 262 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
The instrument was not operated during the reporting period. All covers are closed and VIRTIS is in a safe state. VMOC has completed the development of new procedures to operate the cooler motors of both the H and M units.
VMC
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
- Quadrature start on 19 October