Status Report

Columbus Laboratory Launch – Live Coverage / ESA TV Live / 06-12-2007

By SpaceRef Editor
December 5, 2007
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Columbus Laboratory Launch – Live Coverage / ESA TV Live / 06-12-2007
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The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

06-Dec-07 16:30 – 22:00 GMT

Columbus Laboratory Launch – Live Coverage

ESA TV Live

Background information on the transmission:

The launch of the Columbus Laboratory to the ISS, onboard Shuttle mission STS-122, is scheduled for launch on 6 December at 21:31:38 hours GMT.

ESA-TV will provide a rebroadcast of NASA-TV of last launch preparations and of lift-off, as follows:

16:30 GMT: Begin of launch commentary: replay images of crew breakfast and live images of suit-up of the crew

17:45 GMT Crew departs to launch pad

18:15 GMT Crew enters Shuttle

19:15 GMT Hatch Closure

21:22 GMT Final Countdown

21:31 GMT Launch

21:40 GMT Main Engine Cut-off – Shuttle in orbit

In case of a successful launch, a 30′ summary of these images will be transmitted on 7 December at 06:00 GMT. A separate mailing will provide the satellite details.

If the launch is scrubbed on 6 December, these highlights are cancelled.

Please note that NASA-TV programming is subject to last-minute changes.

The line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.

More background information can be found on http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/.

Transmission details:

Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 1 at 12.5 deg West, Transponder F5, Channel C, Horizontal, F=12.642,75 MHz, SR=6.1113 Ms/s, FEC=3/4, signal MPEG2 4:2:0 PAL in the clear.

SpaceRef staff editor.