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11 ABR. 2006
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At 11:12 CEST Venus Express re-established communication with Earth for the first time after the start of the orbit insertion manoeuvres.
After the end of the main engine burn, Venus Express still had to perform a few automatic operations. These included re-orienting the solar panels towards the Sun and one of its high gain antennas (the smaller High Gain Antenna 2) towards Earth.
It is through this antenna that the spacecraft established the first communication link with Earth and started to send back information about its health status. The spacecraft data are sent to ESA’s European Spacecraft Operations Centre (ESOC) via ESA’s Cebreros ground station near Madrid. The data downlink lasts for a few hours.
Information about Venus Express’ actual trajectory will be available from ESOC’s flight dynamics team around 12:30 CEST.
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VOI highlights and press conference
You can follow the Venus Express orbit insertion manoeuvre from this page in a number of different ways - webcam, streaming, podcast and video on demand.
ESApod: Venus Express
Mapping Venus' atmosphere in 3DData from VIRTIS will help create a 3-dimensional map of the planet's atmosphere PodcastListen now | DownloadMysterious haze and heavy water on VenusThe SPICAV-SOIR instrument package ...
Venus Express’ initial orbit matches expectations
At about 13:30 CEST ground controllers at ESA’s European Spacecraft Operations Centre (ESOC) confirmed that the geometry of the initial orbit of Venus Express is matching expectations.
ESOC event images
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