ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 95
11 Sep 2007 14:45 Report for Period 2 September to 8 September 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 |
| 663 | 02/09/07 | 245 | Routine operations |
| 664 | 03/09/07 | 246 | Routine operations |
| 665 | 04/09/07 | 247 | Routine Operations |
| 666 | 05/09/07 | 248 | Routine Operations |
| 667 | 06/09/07 | 249 | Routine Operations |
| 668 | 07/09/07 | 250 | Routine Operations |
| 669 | 08/09/07 | 251 | Routine Operations. VIRTIS H Test |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 251, 15:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 52.0 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 172 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
PFS pendulum blocked on request of PI on DOY 248.
SPICAV
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
VeRA
No RSI activities took place this week
VIRTIS
A test that included the VIRTIS H cooler was performed on DOY 251. Otherwise only Virtis M part has been operated during this period as the failure on H cooler is still under investigation..
VMC
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
- Further VIRTIS testing
- Quadrature start 19th October.
