ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 89 – Mission Status
02 Aug 2007 12:00
Report for Period 22 July to 29 July 2007
Routine observations took place during this reporting period, occurring as planned. A second IMP calibration exercise was run between 28 and 29 July with good results. Further processing by Flight Dynamics is on-going.
| MET (Day) | Date | DOY | VPER# | Main Activity |
| 621 | 22/07/07 | 203 | 457 | Routine Operations |
| 622 | 23/07/07 | 204 | 458 | Routine Operations |
| 623 | 24/07/07 | 205 | 459 | Routine Operations |
| 624 | 25/07/07 | 206 | 460 | Routine Operations |
| 625 | 26/07/07 | 207 | 461 | Routine Operations |
| 626 | 27/07/07 | 208 | 462 | Routine Operations |
| 627 | 28/07/07 | 209 | 463 | Routine Operations, re-run of IMP Gyro calibration slews after pass |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 209, 18:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 51.7 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 172 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 operated on DoY 207 during a WOL.
SPICAV
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
VeRA
No RSI during this period
VIRTIS
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.
VMC
The instrument is operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
- Last two BSR supports with DSN in early August (all other BSR activities have been cancelled due to S-band attenuation problem)
- VIRTIS Movie #2 scheduled in the second week of August.
- Low PLL bandwidth acquisition tests with LGA and S-band over NNO scheduled for mid-August.
