04 Nov 2009 17:12

The table below shows a chronology of the main activities:

At the end of the last Cebreros pass in the reporting period (DOY 304) Venus Express was orbiting Venus at 239 million km from the Earth. The one-way signal travel time was 798 seconds.

Payload Activities

ASPERA
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.

MAG
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.

PFS
The instrument was not operated during the reporting period.

SPICAV
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.

VeRA
No radio science observations were made during the reporting period.

VIRTIS
VIRTIS-M was operated in the visual channels only.

VMC
The instrument was regularly operated as part of the routine plan.

Future Milestones

• Pre-solar conjunction test with the New Norcia ground station on 16 November 2009
• Pre-solar conjunction test with the Cebreros ground station on 9 December 2009
• Venus at superior conjunction on 11 January 2010. Venus Express superior conjunction operations: 29 December 2009 to 22 January 2010

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