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| No. 221 - Start of Earth occultation season #9 |
Report for Period 25 April to 22 May 2010 (week 17 - week 20)
The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during the reporting period. However, two occurrences of a minor anomaly with ASPERA led to the loss of part of the science data taken by the instrument on 27 April and on 7 May. On 30 April the mission's ninth Earth occultation season started, which will last until 11 July 2010. The current eclipse season, which started already on 7 April, is ongoing and will last until end May 2010. On 14 May the regular DDOR measurements were performed. |
| Date: 27 May 2010 |
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| No. 136 - Payload check-out 12 concluded |
Report for Period 8 May to 21 May 2010 This report covers two weeks of Rosetta mission operations. The final activities of the active payload check-out 12 (PC12) were successfully conducted according to plan. The last spacecraft activities in preparation of the Lutetia flyby campaign were also completed. |
| Date: 26 May 2010 |
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| Herschel Status Report - May 2010 |
Report for period 22 April to 18 May 2010 Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected. Friday, 14 May 2010, marked the first anniversary of Herschel's launch. |
| Date: 21 May 2010 |
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| No. 135 - Payload check-out 12 |
Report for Period 1 May to 7 May 2010 The reporting period covers the third week of the active payload check-out 12 (PC12) for Rosetta. All the planned PC12 activities were successfully conducted according to plan. |
| Date: 12 May 2010 |
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| No. 134 - Payload check-out 12 |
Report for Period 24 April to 30 April 2010 The reporting period covers the second week of the active payload check-out 12 (PC12) for Rosetta. All the planned PC12 activities were successfully conducted according to plan. |
| Date: 05 May 2010 |
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| No. 220 - Atmospheric drag experiments |
Report for Period 28 March to 24 April 2010 (week 13 - week 16)
The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during the reporting period. The atmospheric drag experiment (ADE) campaign #3b was performed from 11 to 16 April. Several solar array tilt experiments were carried out around the pericentre on 3 April and on the last five days of the ADE campaign #3b. On 10 April the regular DDOR measurements were made. An orbit control manoeuvre (OCM) was performed on 17 April to raise the pericentre altitude again. |
| Date: 04 May 2010 |
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