ESA TV coverage of the arrival of Venus Express at Destination

On Tuesday 11 April 2006, ESA TV will provide extensive coverage of this event, in two segments:

07:10-08:15 GMT Venus Express Arrives at Destination – live images and mission commentary from the Main control Room of ESOC in Darmstadt-Germany.

10:00-11:00 GMT Orbit insertion highlights (B-roll format, approx 10 minutes) followed by the press conference where the outcome of the operation is announced.

A detailed running order for the live segment 07:10-08:15 GMT will be posted on the ESA TV Website, on Sunday 9 April in the later afternoon.

The downlink details for both segments are:

Eutelsat W2 at 16 degrees East, Transponder B5 middle, horizontal, channel 5, F=11.151 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

Please note that the carrier is on air 05:00-11:00 GMT, with a “news equipe” ident whenever no images (ESA TV or monolateral feeds) are transmitted.

For further information and a daily update of the transmission schedule, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For all enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail claus.habfast@esa.int.