Review of 2005

2005 was another extraordinary year for the Science Programme from the
deployment of Huygens probe in January to the launch of Venus Express in
November.

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Installation of the Herschel Sunshield onto Payload Module

Currently at the European Space Research And Technology Centre (ESTEC),
Noordwijk, The Netherlands, the assembly of the Herschel Structural and Thermal
Qualification model satellite is nearing completion with its two main modules,
the payload module and the service module, already mated together.

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Cluster helps to protect astronauts and satellites against killer electrons

Over the past five years, a series of discoveries by the multi-spacecraft
Cluster mission have significantly enhanced our knowledge of how, where and
under which conditions killer electrons are created in the Earth's
magnetospheric environment. During intense magnetic storms (driven by enhanced
solar activity) highly energetic electrons (the so-called killer electrons) are
often responsible for permanently damaging satellites and pose a serious hazard
to astronauts.

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Venus Express - End of Near Earth Commissioning Phase

During the reporting period the last activities of the Near Earth Commissioning
have been completed according to the plan. Two slots with the New Norcia ground
station have been dedicated to test the performance of the TTC subsystem and of
the Ultra Stable Oscillator (USO) for the radio science experiment (VeRA). In
both occasions problems in operating the ground station equipment have affected
the test.

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