Live coverage of Zvezda Docking tonight

From: John locker (satcom@uksysops.com)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2000 - 02:30:43 PDT

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    As promised here are the details of the ESA TV coverage of the docking....
    
    Regards,
    John
    
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    John locker
    
    Satellite and Space Segment Communications Consultant
    Freelance Journalist
    
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    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
    
    
    
    
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