No. 117 - Routine Operations
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | Main Activity |
| 817 | 03/02/08 | 034 | Routine Operations |
| 818 | 04/02/08 | 035 | Routine Operations |
| 819 | 05/02/08 | 036 | Routine Operations |
| 820 | 06/02/08 | 037 | Routine Operations |
| 821 | 07/02/08 | 038 | Routine Operations |
| 822 | 08/02/08 | 039 | Routine Operations. Orbit change manoeuvre |
| 823 | 02/02/08 | 040 | Routine operations |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 040, 12:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 206.7 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 688 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 took place with DSN (DOY 035) and NNO (DOY 040) and 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
- Operations planning for solar conjunction starting end of May