ESA Venus Express Status Report No. 97
25 Sep 2007 09:58 Report for Period 16 September to 22 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 |
| 677 | 16/09/07 | 259 | Routine operations |
| 678 | 17/09/07 | 260 | Routine operations |
| 679 | 18/09/07 | 261 | Routine Operations. TM bitrate decreased to 91 kps after pass. |
| 680 | 19/09/07 | 262 | Routine Operations |
| 681 | 20/09/07 | 263 | Routine Operations. Pass shortened because of CEB maintenance. |
| 682 | 21/09/07 | 264 | Routine Operations |
| 683 | 22/09/07 | 265 | Routine Operations |
At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 265, 18:00z) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 64.2 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 214 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
Only Virtis M part has been operated during this period as the failure of H cooler is still under investigation.
VMC
The instrument was operated as part of the routine plan.
Future Milestones
- Test DDOR with DSN and ESA stations in coming week
- Quadrature start 19 October
