No. 114 - Routine Operations
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
MET (Day) | Date | DOY | Main Activity |
796 | 13/01/08 | 013 | Routine Operations |
797 | 14/01/08 | 014 | Routine Operations |
798 | 15/01/08 | 015 | Routine Operations |
799 | 16/01/08 | 016 | Routine Operations |
800 | 17/01/08 | 017 | Routine Operations |
801 | 18/01/08 | 018 | Routine Operations |
802 | 19/01/08 | 019 | Routine operations |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 019, 12:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 189.2 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 630 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
Occultation passes with NNO continue to take place as planned. In this reporting period there were passes on DOY 013, 15, 17 and 19. All were nominally completed.
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
- Routine mission planning