Status Report

LIVE: Stardust Returns to Earth / NASA-TV / 15-01-2006

By SpaceRef Editor
January 13, 2006
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The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

15-Jan-06 09:30 – 11:00 GMT

LIVE: Stardust Returns to Earth

NASA-TV

Background information on the transmission:

Scientists around the world eagerly await the arrival of sample particles from Comet Wild 2, which are being brought back to Earth by NASA’s Stardust spacecraft on Sunday, 15 January.

The ESA TV Service will provide a 1:1 rebroadcast of the NASA TV coverage of this event.

The touchdown of the capsule is scheduled for 10:12 GMT

More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM7G5MZCIE_index_0.html.

Transmission details: Eutelsat W2 at 16 degrees east,

Transponder B5 lower, channel 5, horizontal, (Mpeg-2 4:2:2 or 4:2:0)

F=11.151 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

For further information, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For other enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail claus.habfast@esa.int.

SpaceRef staff editor.