ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 69 – Mission Operations Report
11 Mar 2007 14:17 Report for Period 04 March to 10 March 2007 During the reporting period the mission operations have been conducted according to the plan. Science operations have been nominal.
The table below shows a chronology of the main activities in the reporting period:
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | VPER# | Main Activity |
| 481 | 04/03/07 | 063 | 317 | Routine Mission Operations |
| 482 | 05/03/07 | 064 | 318 | Routine Mission Operations |
| 483 | 06/03/07 | 065 | 319 | Routine Mission Operations |
| 484 | 07/03/07 | 066 | 320 | Recovery of TM after G/S problems |
| 485 | 08/03/07 | 067 | 321 | Routine Mission Operations |
| 486 | 09/03/07 | 068 | 322 | Routine Mission Operations |
| 487 | 10/03/07 | 069 | 323 | Routine Mission Operations |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 069, 18:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 202 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 672 seconds.
Payloads
ASPERA
The instrument is regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
MAG
The instrument is regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
PFS
This instrument is OFF and is not operated.
SPICAV
The instrument is regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
VeRa
Nothing to report.
VIRTIS
Nominal operations of VIRTIS continue.
VMC
The instrument is regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
VIRTIS movie passes are scheduled for the second week of April (DOY 98-101). Planning of science operations during this event is now finished. The testing of operations during quadrature is on-going; the next quadrature phase will start in May 2007.
