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Report for period 24 August to 22 September 2010

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected.

Report for Period 15 August to 11 September 2010 (week 33 - week 36)

The reporting period, covering four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, was devoted to routine science activities and included the last quadrature operations. The swap from high gain antenna 1 (HGA1) to HGA2 and the associated 180° flip of the spacecraft around its Z-axis were successfully executed on 15 August. On 21 August, the regular DDOR measurements were made. The quadrature phase ended on 26 August. A routine orbit control manoeuvre was performed on 28 August. The current eclipse season, which started already on 30 July, will end at the start of the next reporting period.

Report for the period 31 July to 27 August 2010.

This report covers 28 days of Rosetta operations. During the reporting period the spacecraft remained configured in active cruise mode in preparation for the new test and validation campaign required for the deep space phase of the mission. The main activities were the high-gain antenna (HGA) strobing test and the low-gain antenna (LGA) telecommand link test performed on 20 August.