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| No. 80 - Deep Space Manoeuvre 3 |
| Report for Period 21 April to 11 May 2007
The reporting period covers a period of three weeks of limited science observations and navigation after the successful execution of the deep space manoeuvre 3. The Jupiter observation campaign with the ALICE instrument continued till beginning of May. |
| Date: 14 May 2007 |
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| No. 79 - Preparing for Deep Space Manoeuvre |
| Report for Period 24 March to 20 April 2007 The reporting period covers a period of four weeks of limited science observations and navigation in preparation of the deep space manoeuvre 3. |
| Date: 25 Apr 2007 |
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| No. 78 - Jupiter Observations |
| Report for Period 10 March to 23 March 2007 The reporting period covers a period of 2 weeks of various activities following the Mars swing-by, including: - Jupiter observations by ALICE
- AOCS EEPROM SAM patch removal
- ROSINA Delta-commissioning
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| Date: 26 Mar 2007 |
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| No. 77 - First Jupiter Observations |
| Report for Period 25 February to 9 March 2007
The reporting period covers a period of two weeks following the Mars swing-by on 25 February 2007.
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| Date: 14 Mar 2007 |
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| No. 76 - Successful Mars Swing-by |
| Report for Period 10 February to 25 February 2007
The reporting period covers a period of two weeks, ending with the successful Mars swing-by on 25 February 2007. Leading up to the actual swing-by and science observations of Mars, preparatory activities were performed as well as instrument calibrations. All activities have been conducted according to the plan without major problems. |
| Date: 27 Feb 2007 |
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| No. 75 - Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre |
| Report for Period 27 January to 9 February 2007
The reporting period covers a period of 2 weeks characterised by preparatory activities for the Mars swing-by (MSB) phase. During the reporting period the following activities have been conducted: |
| Date: 12 Feb 2007 |
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| No. 74 - Ongoing Preparations for Mars Swing-by |
| Report for Period 13 January to 26 January 2007
The reporting period covers a period of 2 weeks with minor preparatory activities for the Mars swing-by phase. |
| Date: 29 Jan 2007 |
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| No. 73 - First Preparations for Mars Swing-by |
| Report for Period 30 December 2006 to 12 January 2007
The reporting period covers a period of 2 weeks with the first preparatory activities for the Mars
Swing-by (MSB) phase. |
| Date: 15 Jan 2007 |
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| No. 72 - First Payload Active Checkout Completed |
| Report for Period 15 December to 29 December 2006
The reporting period covers two weeks of active cruise for Rosetta, including the last Active Checkout week and a thermal characterisation. The first payload Active Checkout campaign, which started on 22 November, was completed on 22 December. |
| Date: 03 Jan 2007 |
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| No. 71 - First Payload Active Checkout Operations |
| Report for Period 8 December to 15 December 2006
The reporting period covers the third consecutive week of active checkout operations with the Rosetta payload. During this period, the operated instruments included ALICE, OSIRIS, ROSINA, VIRTIS, RPC and SREM. In particular, interactive checkout operations were performed with OSIRIS and ROSINA. RPC and SREM remain active in the background throughout the campaign. The other instruments are only activated for execution of their checkout sequences. |
| Date: 15 Dec 2006 |
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| No. 70 - First Payload Active Checkout Operations |
| Report for Period 1 December to 8 December 2006
The reporting period covers one week of active cruise, which was dedicated to instrument Active Checkout operations.
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| Date: 11 Dec 2006 |
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| No. 69 - Start of First Payload Active Checkout |
| Report for Period 17 November to 1 December 2006
The reporting period covers two weeks of active cruise, during which the first payload Active
Checkout (PC4) started. |
| Date: 05 Dec 2006 |
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| No. 68 - Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre |
| Report for Period 27 October to 17 November 2006 The reporting period covers three weeks of active cruise. The activities carried out during the reporting period included a Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre and preparation for the upcoming Active Checkout (PC4). |
| Date: 21 Nov 2006 |
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| Rosetta Status Report - November 2006 |
| Mission Status The Rosetta spacecraft and its payload are in excellent health and everything is set to prepare the Mars flyby on 25 February 2007. |
| Date: 10 Nov 2006 |
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| No. 67 - Fifth AOCS Checkout |
| Report for Period 6 October to 27 October 2006
The reporting period covers three weeks of active cruise. The main activity carried out during the reporting period was the fifth Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) checkout. |
| Date: 02 Nov 2006 |
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| No. 66 - Second Deep Space Manoeuvre |
| Report for Period 15 September to 6 October 2006
The reporting period covers three weeks of active cruise and was dedicated to the preparation and execution of the second Deep Space Manoeuvre (DSM2). |
| Date: 09 Oct 2006 |
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| No. 65 - Thermal Characterisation |
| Report for Period 1 September to 15 September 2006
The reporting period covers two weeks of active cruise for Rosetta. Operations performed during this period included preparation operations for the upcoming Deep Space Manoeuvre and a thermal characterization. |
| Date: 22 Sep 2006 |
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| No. 64 - Fourth Passive Payload Checkout |
| Report for the period 18 August - 01 September 2006
The reporting period covers two weeks of active cruise. Operations performed during this period included the fourth passive payload checkout and a thermal characterisation. |
| Date: 07 Sep 2006 |
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| No. 63 - Formal Start of Mars Swingby Phase |
| Report for Period 28 July to 18 August 2006
The reporting period covers three weeks of active cruise for the Rosetta spacecraft. During this period, telemetry generated during Passive Cruise period was dumped to ground, and some maintenance activities were performed on on-board control procedures (OBCP) and mass memory files.
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| Date: 21 Aug 2006 |
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| No. 62 - Rosetta Enters Active Cruise Mode |
| Report for Period 30 June to 28 July
The reporting period covers four weeks of passive cruise, in which the spacecraft remained in Near Sun Hibernation Mode (NSHM). The mode performance during the reporting period has been nominal. |
| Date: 02 Aug 2006 |
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