Weekly ISS-Astrolab Highlights #16 / ESA TV Exchanges /

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

29-Nov-06 10:00 – 10:30 GMT

Weekly ISS-Astrolab Highlights #16

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 received during the past seven days.

Today’s highlights are covering:

– The first release of video images recorded by Reiter on the ISS. The video tapes were brought back to Earth in a Soyuz capsule, some weeks ago.

– The best images of the 22 November space walk by astronauts Lopez Alegria and Tyurin.

– A summary of the first ISS Web chat, set up by ESA in cooperation with t-online and hosted by Jörg Kachelmann, taking place on 28 November starting 20:15 GMT

A detailed dope sheet for the B-roll will be online early on 29 November under http://television.esa.int/photos/mission_highlights_29_11_06.pdf

Please note that the run time of this transmission is 30 minutes.

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 B6, vertical, channel D (SCPC, 4:2:0), F=11.145 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.