No. 136 - End of Conjunction Phase Operations
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | Main Activity |
| 950 | 15/06/08 | 167 | Commanding tests and reaction wheel off-loading (WOL) during the pass |
| 951 | 16/06/08 | 168 | Commanding tests and WOL during the pass |
| 952 | 17/06/08 | 169 | Commanding tests and WOL during the pass |
| 953 | 18/06/08 | 170 | Commanding tests and WOL during the pass |
| 954 | 19/06/08 | 171 | Solar conjunction exit operations. Dump of data recorded on-board during solar conjunction phase. Bit rate changed to 57 kbps |
| 955 | 20/06/08 | 172 | SSMM reconfiguration |
| 956 | 21/06/08 | 173 | Resume of science activities |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 173) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 258.6 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 863 seconds.
Payload Activities
ASPERA
Starting 20 June, the instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
MAG
Starting 20 June, the instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
PFS
The instrument was not operated during the reporting period.
SPICAV
Starting 20 June, the instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
VeRA
No observations were made during the reporting period.
VIRTIS
Starting 20 June, the instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
VMC
Starting 20 June, the instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
- Beginning of pericentre lowering operation, scheduled for 13 July 2008
- Organise an S-band carrier power test after solar conjunction
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