ESA TV Live — info on transmission of link to the ISS on 6 June

Among the media highlights of the ISS Forum 2001 being held 5 to 7 June 2001 in Berlin is a live link to the International Space Station. The current, second ISS crew will talk to the first permanent crew of the ISS, who is present in Berlin to report on their work on board the station.

The live link is scheduled for 6 June, and a switched feed with recordings from the ISS and from Berlin will be transmitted as follows:

6 June 2001

16:00-16:20 GMT

Link to the ISS from ISS Forum 2001

Satellite parameters:

Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees East

Transponder B5, horizontal, dig. ch 2

F=11.144 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

For more information, see the conference home page: www.spaceflight.esa.int/ISSForum2001/ or contact Clare Mattok (ESA), Vanadis Weber (DLR), ISS Forum 2001 press centre, Tel: +49 30 6831 45134