Here is the timing (in french hour) : 09:17 Engine burn sequence starts 09:45 Occultation of spacecraft by Venus starts 09:55 Occultation ends 10:07 Main engine burn ends These events, as well as the following press conference at the ESA center at Darmstadt (ESOC), are available on ESA/TV on internet (above site). The Observatoire de Paris is involved in Venus Express on the VIRTIS instrument (infrared spectro-imagery) of which a channel has been built at LESIA, and several scientists are co-investigators on the instrument PFS (Fourier Transform Spectrometer)
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- Pierre Drossart
Observatoire de Paris, LESIA
Dernière modification le 21 décembre 2021