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Report for the period 23 October to 19 November 2011

This reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, from 23 October to 19 November 2011. This period included routine planned operations at very low telemetry downlink data rates, as well as the nineteenth solar eclipse season and the twelfth Earth occultation season.

Report for period 13 October to 21 November 2011

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

Report for the period 25 September to 22 October 2011 (week 39 - week 42)

The reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express mission operations. During this period routine planned operations were conducted at very low telemetry downlink data rates.

Report for period 22 September to 13 October 2011

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 25 August to 22 September 2011

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

Report for the period 28 August to 24 September 2011 (week 35 - week 38)

The reporting period covers four weeks of Venus Express mission operations. During this period routine planned operations were conducted at very low telemetry downlink data rates. The sixth Atmospheric Drag Experiment campaign began on 13 September and continued through to 24 September.

Report for the period 17 July to 27 August 2011 (week 29 - week 34)

The reporting period covers six weeks of Venus Express mission operations, rather than the usual four. During this period, routine planned operations at very low downlink data rates were carried out, followed by the transition into and the duration of Superior Solar Conjunction. During Superior Solar Conjunction spacecraft operations are reduced to a minimum.

Report for period 17 June to 25 August 2011

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

Report for the period 19 June to 16 July 2011 (week 25 - week 28)

The reporting period, covering four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, was devoted to routine science activities.

Report for the period 22 May to 18 June 2011 (week 21 - week 24)

The reporting period, covering four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, was devoted to routine science activities. The fifth Atmospheric Drag Campaign was carried out during this period. Five occultations were observed for Radio Science Investigations campaign #11.

Report for the period 6 to 14 June 2011

This report covers nine days of Rosetta mission operations. The main activities were the spin-up of the spacecraft and entry into deep-space hibernation mode. The spacecraft will remain in this state until 20 January 2014 when the hibernation exit sequence will be initiated. The next Rosetta status report will be issued towards the end of January 2014.

Report for period 17 May to 17 June 2011

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected. The third Direct Liquid Contents Measurement has been successfully performed.

Report for the period 16 May to 5 June 2011

This report covers 21 days of Rosetta mission operations. The main activities were devoted to preparing the spacecraft for the deep-space hibernation phase.

Report for the period 24 April to 21 May 2011 (week 17 - week 20)

The reporting period, covering four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, was devoted to routine science activities, as well as to some special tests.

Report for the period 18 April to 15 May 2011

This report covers 28 days of Rosetta mission operations. The main activities were further preparations for the deep space hibernation phase.

Report for period 15 April to 17 May 2011

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

Report for the period 27 March to 23 April 2011 (week 13 - week 16)

The reporting period, covering four weeks of Venus Express mission operations, was devoted to routine science activities.

Report for the period 24 March to 17 April 2011

This report covers 25 days of Rosetta mission operations. The main activities were the downlinking of images acquired by OSIRIS and the navigation cameras during the previous reporting period and an abbreviated test of the solar arrays.

Report for period 16 March to 15 April 2011

Mission operations of the Herschel space observatory continued nominally during the reporting period, with the spacecraft and subsystems all performing as expected. The second in-flight Announcement of Opportunity (AO2) process started on 7 April. It is the final AO for Herschel observing time.

Report for the period 5 to 28 March 2011

This report covers 24 days of Rosetta mission operations. The main activities were the preparation of instruments for the hibernation phase, imaging the target comet and approach-phase sky with OSIRIS and the navigation cameras, and characterisation of the spacecraft's inertia properties and the Sun acquisition sensors.