ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 100
18 Oct 2007 14:18 Report for Period 7 October to 13 October 2007
Routine observations took place during this reporting period.
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | Main Activity |
| 698 | 07/09/07 | 280 | Routine operations |
| 699 | 08/10/07 | 281 | Routine operations |
| 700 | 09/10/07 | 282 | Routine Operations. Cebreros maintenance |
| 701 | 10/10/07 | 283 | Routine Operations |
| 702 | 11/10/07 | 284 | Routine Operations |
| 703 | 12/10/07 | 285 | Routine Operations |
| 704 | 13/10/07 | 286 | Routine Operations. TM BRC to 45.7 kbps at 14:53 |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 286, 18:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 86.8 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 289 seconds.
Payload Activities
ASPERA
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
MAG
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
PFS
The instrument was not operated during the reporting period.
SPICAV
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
VeRA
No RSI activities took place this week.
VIRTIS
The instrument was not operated during the reporting period. All covers are closed and VIRTIS is in a safe state. VMOC has completed the development of new procedures to operate the cooler motors of both the H and M units.
VMC
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
- Quadrature start on 19 October
