No. 128 - Routine Operations
The most noticeable event during this week was the first operational usage of the new on-board control procedure to enable/disable the routing of virtual channel zero (VC0, for spacecraft housekeeping telemetry).
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | Main Activity |
| 894 | 20/04/08 | 111 | Routine Operations |
| 895 | 21/04/08 | 112 | Routine Operations |
| 896 | 22/04/08 | 113 | Routine Operations |
| 897 | 23/04/08 | 114 | Routine Operations |
| 898 | 24/04/08 | 115 | Routine Operations |
| 899 | 25/04/08 | 116 | Routine Operations |
| 900 | 26/04/08 | 117 | Routine Operations |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 117) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 251 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 839 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 observations were made during the reporting period.
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
- Start preparation of solar conjunction activities
- Release the HGA-1 S-band anomaly report
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