STS-104 Flight Day 9 Highlights / NASA edited coverage of the missions progress / 20-07-2001

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18-Jul-01 15:00 – 15:15 GMT

NASA edited coverage of the missions progress

Background information on the transmission:

A NASA edited highlights package of flight day 7 of the latest Shuttle mission to the International Space Station. This mission comprises of a five strong crew whose top priority is installation on the International Space Station of the Joint Airlock. This will give station crewmembers the capability of conducting spacewalks from the orbiting laboratory using either the Russian Orlan spacesuits or U.S. spacesuits. These highlights feature the second of the three planned space walks to take place during the mission.

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Transmission details:Satellite parameters NSS-K at 21.5 degrees West

Transponder H07, dig ch 1

F=11.591 MHz, MCPC, 20.150 MS/sec, FEC 3/4

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