Status report archive

Status report archive

Report for Period 11 january to 17 January 2009Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The spacecraft is still in quadrature phase, performing communications passes in a tilted configuration since 19 December 2008. On 13 January the High Gain Antenna (HGA) swap from HGA1 to HGA2 was executed.
Published: 22 January 2009
Report for Period 4 January 2009 to 10 January 2009Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The spacecraft is still in quadrature phase, performing communications passes in a tilted configuration since 19 December 2008.
Published: 14 January 2009
Report for Period 28 December 2008 to 3 January 2009Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The spacecraft is currently in quadrature phase, when the Sun-Spacecraft-Earth angle is between 75° and 95°.
Published: 6 January 2009
Report for Period 21 December to 27 December 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The spacecraft is currently in quadrature phase, when the Sun-Spacecraft-Earth angle is between 75° and 95°.
Published: 30 December 2008
Report for Period 14 December to 20 December 2008The Venus Express spacecraft entered nominally in the quadrature phase - the period during which the Sun-Spacecraft-Earth angle is between 75° and 95°. During the quadrature phase revised operating constraints on the VMC lead to the necessity for changing the spacecraft attitude to prevent...
Published: 24 December 2008
Report for Period 7 December to 13 December 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. VIRTIS continues to be operated in the visual channels only. Time correlation was performed on DOY 344. Radio Science Investigation (RSI) occultation measurements were taken during five ground station passes in the reporting period.
Published: 17 December 2008
Report for Period 30 November to 6 December 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The first day of the reporting period was the last day of the extended maintenance downtime for the Cebreros ground station. On this last day (DOY 335) the New Norcia ground station performed the communication pass. The Cebreros ground...
Published: 10 December 2008
Report for Period 23 November to 29 November 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. Because of on-going maintenance activities at Cebreros, the New Norcia (NNO) ground station was used for communication with the spacecraft. Some of these communication passes were combined with radio science occultation experiments. On...
Published: 3 December 2008
Report for Period 16 November to 22 November 2008This reporting period marks the beginning of the Cebreros ground station downtime, which will be out of operations until 1 December 2008 for refurbishment activities. The New Norcia ground station is used for routine communication with the spacecraft during the Cebreros downtime. At the same time,...
Published: 26 November 2008
Report for Period 9 November to 15 November 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The batteries have performed nominally during the eclipse season that started on 19 September and ended on 12 November 2008 (DOY 317). VIRTIS was only operated in the visual channels.
Published: 19 November 2008
Report for Period 2 November to 8 November 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The batteries continue to perform nominally during the eclipse season that started on 19 September and will end on 11 November. VIRTIS was only operated in the visual channels.
Published: 12 November 2008
Report for Period 26 October to 1 November 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The batteries continue to perform nominally during the eclipse season that started on 19 September and will end on 11 November.
Published: 7 November 2008
Report for Period 19 October to 25 October 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The batteries continue to perform nominally during the eclipse season that started on 19 September and will end on 11 November.
Published: 29 October 2008
Report for Period 12 October to 18 October 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The batteries continue to perform nominally during the eclipse season that started on 19 September.
Published: 21 October 2008
Report for Period 5 October to 11 October 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The batteries are performing nominally since the start of the eclipse season on 19 September.
Published: 15 October 2008
Report for Period 28 September to 4 October 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The batteries are performing nominally during the regular eclipses in the current eclipse season.
Published: 8 October 2008
Report for Period 21 September to 27 September 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. The batteries continue to perform nominally during the eclipse season that started on 19 September. As part of the routine operations, the voltage and current evolution is closely monitored during the eclipses. The eclipse season...
Published: 1 October 2008
Report for Period 14 September to 20 September 2008Nominal Venus Express mission operations were conducted during the reporting period. The eclipse season started with the spacecraft passing daily through Venus's shadow from 19 September onward. During these brief daily eclipses the solar arrays are not illuminated by the Sun's light.
Published: 26 September 2008
Report for Period 7 September to 13 September 2008Nominal Venus Express mission operations were conducted during the reporting period.
Published: 17 September 2008
Report for Period 31 August to 6 September 2008Nominal operations were conducted during the reporting period. An orbit control manoeuvre (OCM) was successfully completed on 31 August (DoY 244). The manoeuvre constituted a phase correction, intended to keep the phasing of Venus Express in its orbit in sync with mission operations from ground. The...
Published: 10 September 2008
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