ESA TV Footage–info on feed of 21 March 2001

The next ESA TV Footage feed will be transmitted on

Wednesday 21 March 2001
11:00-12:00 GMT

Please note the transmission parameters below.

The ESA TV footage feed includes the following three items:

Leonardo installation (15 minutes, 11:00-11:15 GMT) The European-built logistics module Leonardo was installed on the International Space Station in the night to Monday, 13 March. Activation of and crew ingress into the module took place on the same day. The NASA-TV Flight Day Highlights of these events were made of about 10 minutes highlight images with clean international sound.

Leonardo transfer operations (15 minutes, 11:20-11:40 GMT) Transfer of racks and equipment from the European-built module Leonardo into the Space Station started in the night 14-15 March. The NASA-TV Flight Day Highlights of that night’s and the following morning’s events are made of 15 minutes highlight images with clean international sound.

Shuttle undocking and ISS fly-around (15 minutes, 11:40-11:55 GMT) In the night to 19 March, the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-102 undocked from the International Space Station and then made a fly-around of the Station. The NASA-TV Flight Day Highlights of the night’s and the morning’s events are made of 15 minutes highlight images with clean international sound.

The transmission parameters are:

Eutelsat W1, 10 degrees East,

Transponder B5, channel 2 (digital, horizontal),

F=11.14375 MHz, SR=5.632 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 chabfast@hq.esa.fr.