ESA Venus Express Status Report: No. 105
28 Nov 2007 09:10 Report for Period 11 November to 17 November 2007
The activities during this week cover routine operations in Quadrature. These operations are severely constrained due to the special thermal restrictions that apply during Quadrature phase. VIRTIS operations were resumed in this period.
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | Main Activity |
| 733 | 11/11/07 | 315 | Routine operations |
| 734 | 12/11/07 | 316 | Pass skipped for cooldown before science operations |
| 735 | 13/11/07 | 317 | Routine operations |
| 736 | 14/11/07 | 318 | Routine Operations |
| 737 | 15/11/07 | 319 | Pass skipped for cooldown before science operations |
| 738 | 16/11/07 | 320 | Routine Operations. Orbit Control Manoeuvre |
| 739 | 17/11/07 | 321 | Routine operations |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 321, 18:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 125.8 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 419 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 RSI activities took place this week.
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
- Quadrature phase ends – 23 November 2007
- Orbit Control Manoeuvre – 19 November 2007
