As promised here are the details of the ESA TV coverage of the docking.... Regards, John * * { } //////////--[][][]--////////// { } * * * Replies to........ satcom@cybase.co.uk please. John locker Satellite and Space Segment Communications Consultant Freelance Journalist ###################################################################### Tonight (Tuesday/Wednesday, 25/26 July), the Service Module, Zvezda will have reached the final orbit for it's docking to the International Space Station (ISS). After years of preparation and almost two weeks of orbiting, the docking will be a major event for all parties involved into the construction and operation of Zvezda. One of them is Astrium in Bremen, Germany, where the 'brain' of Zvezda has been constructed. The advanced control computer will be responsible for data management, navigation and operation of the ISS. It will enable manning the ISS as from now. ESA and Astrium will provide topic and live material for TV broadcasters from Bremen and Russia. The live program from Bremen will provide a direct transmission from TSuP near Moscow with the docking preparation and docking progress, as well as experts' soundbites from Moscow and Bremen. Later, ESA TV service will provide a VNR containing docking highlights well in time for breakfast news. You will be able to downlink the signal on the usual transponder of ESA's daily TV transmission: Eutelsat 2 F4, Transponder 22, Channel-1 10 degrees east, horizontal Frequency 11,13475 MHz MPEG-2 (4:2:0 - 625/25) 5,632 MSymb/s, FEC 3/4 Audio 256 Kb/s During the night of Tuesday to Wednesday (July 25/26), ESA will offer the following transmissions: 1. Live program with the docking procedure from 01:30-03:00 (CEST) equivalent 23:30-01:00 (GMT) with live coverage before, during and after docking, with experts' soundbites and other commentary. The docking is expected to happen at 2:30 CEST / 00:30 GMT. 2. TV transmission of docking highlights (3 Minutes B-Roll tape) at 3:00 CEST / 1:00 GMT with all important pictures about the docking procedure. 3. TV transmission of docking highlights (3 Minutes, edited) at 7:00 CEST / 5:00 GMT. You can downlink all these transmissions as usually. If you need further information or want to do an interview on site, please contact the ESA TV Service, Tel. +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 5728 With kind regards, ESA TV Service ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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