Status Report

Change in Satellite Parameters – Odissea Live Televised Launch

By SpaceRef Editor
October 29, 2002
Filed under , ,

Please note the change in satellite parameters for this transmission below. The original parameters on channel C was for the clean launch feed from Baikonur. The updated parameters are for the live programme, including live launch, from TsUP in Moscow.

The ESA TV Service provides a live transmission of the Odissea launch from Baikonur in Kazachstan. The programme is produced at TsUP, the Russian ISS Operations Centre near Moscow, using a feed from Baikonur and multi-camera images from plus from the operations control room. The programme will be hosted by Clare mattok from ESA and ESA astronaut Michel Tognini.

The schedule for the live televised transmission is as follows (all times in GMT = CEST-1:00 hours):

02:45-02:50 Announcement slate – pre launch B-roll

02:50-03:25 Live transmission (03:11Scheduled lift-off)

05:00-05:15 Odissea launch lighlights B-roll

The live transmission can also be followed as streaming video under http://www.esa.int/odissea

Satellite Parameters:

  • Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees East
  • Transponder B5, channel b
  • Polarisation Horizontal
  • SCPC (MPEG-2 DVB)
  • F= 11.143 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 claus.habfast@esa.int.

SpaceRef staff editor.