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Report for Period 27 December 2009 to 2 January 2010

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. On 29 December (DOY 363) the Venus Express operations entered the solar conjunction phase. During this phase, which will last until 22 January 2010, no science activities are planned and there are fewer, plus shorter, communication passes. All science operations were stopped on DOY362. All on-board science data was transmitted to ground and the solid state mass memory (SSMM) was emptied in preparation of the solar conjunction operations.

Report for Period 20 December to 26 December 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during the reporting period. This week's activities focussed on performing the last science operations before Venus Express operations enter the solar conjunction phase on 29 December. All commands related to autonomous operations for the forthcoming solar conjunction phase were uplinked to the spacecraft on 25 December (DOY 359).

Report for Period 13 December to 19 December 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. The mission planning activities were focussed on the planning for the next two weeks leading up to the solar conjunction period, and for the conjunction period itself, which runs from 29 December 2009 to 22 January 2010.

Report for Period 6 December to 12 December 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. A pre-solar conjunction test was successfully performed at Cebreros on DOY 343. The outcome of the test was the final ground station configuration set-up that will be used during the upcoming phase of Venus Express superior conjunction operations. These operations will cover a period of about three weeks around the superior conjunction of Venus on 11 January 2010.

Report for Period 29 November to 5 December 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. Strong rain at the site of the Cebreros ground station on 29 November temporarily affected the downlink. Part of the data originally planned to be transmitted to Earth was stored aboard Venus Express and successfully retrieved two days later.

Report for Period 22 November to 28 November 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week.

Report for Period 15 November to 21 November 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. A pre-solar conjunction test with a new ground station configuration was successfully performed at New Norcia on DOY 320. The test was done in preparation of the upcoming phase of Venus Express superior conjunction operations. These operations will cover a period of about three weeks around the superior conjunction of Venus on 11 January 2010. Another pre-solar conjunction test will be performed early December at the Cebreros ground station.

Report for Period 8 November to 14 November 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. Routine maintenance was carried out at the Cebreros ground station on 10 and 11 November.

Report for Period 1 November to 7 November 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week.

Report for Period 25 October to 31 October 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week.

Report for Period 18 October to 24 October 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. Two orbit control manoeuvres were successfully performed; one to lower the orbit's apocentre altitude and one to raise the pericentre altitude. On DOY 293 the regular DDOR measurements were performed.

Report for Period 11 October to 17 October 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. A series of atmospheric drag experiments has been completed in the reporting period.

Report for Period 4 October to 10 October 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week.

Report for Period 27 September to 3 October 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. On DOY 271 the regular DDOR measurements were performed.

Report for Period 20 September to 26 September 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week.

Report for Period 13 September to 19 September 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. The seventh Earth occultation season concluded this week, with the last five observations in the series carried out in this reporting period.

Report for Period 6 September to 12 September 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. The seventh Earth occultation season is ongoing, with three observations carried out in this reporting period.

Report for Period 30 August to 5 September 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. The seventh Earth occultation season is ongoing, with five observations carried out in this reporting period.

Report for Period 23 August to 29 August 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. The seventh Earth occultation season is ongoing, with three observations carried out in this reporting period.

Report for Period 16 August to 22 August 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. The seventh Earth occultation season is ongoing, with two observations carried out in this reporting period.