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Report for Period 19 July to 25 July 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. The seventh Earth occultation season is ongoing, with six observations carried out in this reporting period. On DOY 206 the regular DDOR measurements were performed.

Report for Period 12 July to 18 July 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week. The mission's seventh season of Earth occultation experiments started on 16 July 2009.

Report for Period 5 July to 11 July 2009

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

Report for Period 28 June to 4 July 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during the last week of quadrature operations. The spacecraft remained in quadrature configuration until 3 July, DOY 185. As part of the quadrature operations the Venus Express spacecraft flew a tilted attitude during Earth contact with the Cebreros ground station. The 10° attitude tilt with respect to the non-quadrature Earth pointing attitude requires an extended cool-down period for the spacecraft afterwards, before resuming with science pointings. As a result, Cebreros passes - each lasting about 8 hours and nominally performed once every 24-hour orbit - were routinely skipped to allow more time for science pointings. Only four passes were performed in this reporting period as opposed to the usual seven daily passes.

Report for Period 30 May to 26 June 2009

The reporting period covers four weeks in the passive cruise phase #6, which started on 2 April. During this phase the Rosetta spacecraft is configured in Near Sun Hibernation Mode (NSHM) and will remain so until beginning of September. During the reporting period the performance of the spacecraft and the ground segment have been nominal.

Report for Period 21 June to 27 June 2009

The Venus Express spacecraft and instruments performed nominally during this week of quadrature operations. As part of the quadrature operations the Venus Express spacecraft is flying a tilted attitude during Earth contact with the Cebreros ground station. The 10° attitude tilt with respect to the non-quadrature Earth pointing attitude requires an extended cool-down period for the spacecraft afterwards, before resuming with science pointings. As a result, Cebreros passes - each lasting about 8 hours and nominally performed once every 24-hour orbit - are routinely skipped to allow more time for science pointings. Only four passes were performed in this reporting period as opposed to the usual seven daily passes.