Weekly ISS-Astrolab Highlights / ESA TV Exchanges / 26-07-2006

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

26-Jul-06 09:00 – 09:30 GMT

Weekly ISS-Astrolab Highlights

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

On 6 July 2006, German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter joined the permanent ISS Expedition 13 Crew.

ESA-TV provides weekly ISS-Astrolab Highlights featuring the best images from the daily ISS Mission Commentary received during the preceding week, plus images from in-flight calls and satellite interviews.

This week’s highlights focus on the tasks Reiter performed whilst the Shuttle Discovery was still docked to the ISS, on his in-flight call with German chancellor Merkel, and on the putting into service of Melfi, the ESA-built sample freezer for the ISS.

The dope sheet for the B-roll is online under http://television.esa.int/photos/mission_highlights_260706.pdf

Please note that all weekly Highlights are on Eutelsat W2 and NOT on Atlantic Bird which carries the daily NASA-TV ISS Mission Commentaries.

The line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.

More background information can be found on www.esa.int/astrolab.

Transmission details: Eutelsat W2 at 16 degrees East, transponder B3, channel horizontal, F=11.107 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.