No. 110 - Routine Operations
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | Main Activity |
| 761 | 16/12/07 | 350 | Routine Operations |
| 762 | 17/12/07 | 351 | Routine Operations |
| 763 | 18/12/07 | 352 | Routine Operations Heavy snows in Cebreros delaying data download |
| 764 | 19/12/07 | 353 | Routine Operations Data recovery started |
| 765 | 20/12/07 | 354 | Routine Operations Data recovery completed |
| 766 | 21/12/07 | 355 | Routine Operations |
| 767 | 22/12/07 | 356 | Routine operations |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 356, 12:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 162.8 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 542 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
The instrument was not operated during the reporting period.
SPICAV
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
VeRA
No RSI activities took place this week.
VIRTIS
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
VMC
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
- Christmas period planning
- Start of gravity campaign 3 with New Norcia on 27/12/2007
- New Norcia and Cebreros scheduling for 2008
Last Update: 1 September 2019