Cassini-Huygens Arrives at Saturn Coverage / ESA TV Service / 30 June 2004
There are two ESA TV transmissions on 30 June:
09:00-09:30 GMT Update of the pre-event VNR Cassini-Huygens arrives at Saturn (run time 13 minutes, played out twice)
ESA TV News
This transmission is an update of the pre-event VNR transmitted on 29 June, to which are added images and soundbites recorded on 29 June 2004 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on the last preparations for the Saturn Orbit Insertion in the following night.
16:00-16:30 GMT Press Briefing: Cassini/Huygens Saturn Orbit Insertion Status
ESA TV Live
12 hours before the critical insertion burn, the press briefing held at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena will outline the status of operations and instruments and whether everyhting is ready for the delicate manoeuvring of a spacecraft through the rings of Saturn. Among the speakers will be Michelle Dougherty, a Cassini scientist from the UK.
The ESA TV service will broadcast the press briefing live.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperation between NASA, the European Space Agency and ASI, the Italian space agency.
More information is online under http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMA7825WVD_0.html
Downlink parameters for both transmissions
Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees East
Transponder B4, vertical, upper channel 3
F=11.0795 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.
