ESA-TV Coverage of Hubble Servicing Mission Decision

Today at 15:00 GMT, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will announce whether NASA will launch a Shuttle, dubbed Flight STS-125, for a final Servicing Mission to the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. ESA-TV coverage for this story is as follows:

31 October 2006:

15:00-15:30 GMT LIVE: NASA Announcement on Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission

This live transmission is a rebroadcast of NASA-TV. Please note that programming is subject to last-minute schedule changes. Line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.

Satellite details:

Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West, Transponder F5, channel D horizontal, F=12.652 MHz, SR=6.1113 Ms/sec, FEC=3/4

15:30-15:45 GMT Shuttle Mission STS-125 – the ESA Preview

This ESA TV Exchange includes background footage to cover a final Hubble Servicing Mission, STS-125, from a European point-of-view. The script will be online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS48446.pdf as of 15:00 GMT. A WMV preview file will be online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/ hubble_31102006_wmphigh.wmv as of 15:00 GMT too.

Satellite details:

EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13° East (DVB/MPEG-2), Horizontal, F=12,476 MHz (MCPC, Europe by Satellite), SR=27,500 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

16:00-16:30 GMT NASA Video-File Special Hubble Space Telescope

17:45-18:30 GMT LIVE: NASA News Conference on Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission

This live transmission is a rebroadcast of NASA-TV. Please note that programming is subject to last-minute schedule changes. Line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.

Satellite details:

Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West, Transponder F5, channel D horizontal, F=12.652 MHz, SR=6.1113 Ms/sec, FEC=3/4

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.