Columbus Laboratory Launch – Live Coverage / ESA TV Live / 06-12-2007
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
06-Dec-07 16:30 – 22:00 GMT
Columbus Laboratory Launch – Live Coverage
ESA TV Live
Background information on the transmission:
The launch of the Columbus Laboratory to the ISS, onboard Shuttle mission STS-122, is scheduled for launch on 6 December at 21:31:38 hours GMT.
ESA-TV will provide a rebroadcast of NASA-TV of last launch preparations and of lift-off, as follows:
16:30 GMT: Begin of launch commentary: replay images of crew breakfast and live images of suit-up of the crew
17:45 GMT Crew departs to launch pad
18:15 GMT Crew enters Shuttle
19:15 GMT Hatch Closure
21:22 GMT Final Countdown
21:31 GMT Launch
21:40 GMT Main Engine Cut-off – Shuttle in orbit
In case of a successful launch, a 30′ summary of these images will be transmitted on 7 December at 06:00 GMT. A separate mailing will provide the satellite details.
If the launch is scrubbed on 6 December, these highlights are cancelled.
Please note that NASA-TV programming is subject to last-minute changes.
The line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.
More background information can be found on http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/.
Transmission details:
Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 1 at 12.5 deg West, Transponder F5, Channel C, Horizontal, F=12.642,75 MHz, SR=6.1113 Ms/s, FEC=3/4, signal MPEG2 4:2:0 PAL in the clear.
