Status Report

STS-111 Flight Day 9 Highlights: Third EVA / ESA TV News / 14-06-2002

By SpaceRef Editor
June 13, 2002
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The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

14-Jun-02 04:00 – 04:15 GMT

STS-111 Flight Day 9 Highlights: Third EVA

ESA TV News

Background information on the transmission:

Today at 14:43 GMT the third and final space walk (EVA) of the STS-111 mission will begin. Mission Specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin will replace a wrist roll on the station’s robot arm, Canadarm2.

The shuttle and station crews will also continue loading the Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module with items that are returning to Earth. Leonardo will be returned to Endeavour’s payload bay on Friday.

The ESA TV Service in conjunction with CNES provides NASA edited highlights of flight day 9.

More background information can be found on http://spaceflight.nasa.gov.

Transmission details:NSS-K at 21.5 degrees West

Transponder H07, vertical, MCPC, dig ch 3

F=11.591 MHz, SR=20.150 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.

SpaceRef staff editor.