No. 183 - Mission Operations Report
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities:
| MET (Day) |
Date | DOY | Main Activity |
| 1279 | 10/05/09 | 130 | Communications pass over Cebreros |
| 1280 | 11/05/09 | 131 | Communications pass over Cebreros. Telemetry bit rate changed from 76 kbps to 57 kbps |
| 1281 | 12/05/09 | 132 | Short communications pass due to Cebreros ground station maintenance |
| 1282 | 13/05/09 | 133 |
Communications pass over Cebreros |
| 1283 | 14/05/09 | 134 |
Cebreros communications pass shortened for Herschel and Planck launch campaign |
| 1284 | 15/05/09 | 135 |
Cebreros communications pass shortened for Herschel and Planck launch campaign |
| 1285 | 16/05/09 | 136 |
Cebreros communications pass shortened for Herschel and Planck launch campaign |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 136) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 81 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 270 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 measurements were taken during the reporting period.
VIRTIS
VIRTIS-M was operated in the visual channels only.
VMC
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
- Start of next (outbound) quadrature phase on 29 May 2009.
- Swap of high gain antenna (HGA) from HGA2 to HGA1 on 8 June 2009.
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