Countdown for ATV Launch with Ariane / ESA TV News / 08-03-2008
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
08-Mar-08 14:00 – 14:30 GMT
RE-FEED AND CHANGED SATELLITE PARAMETERS – Countdown for ATV Launch with Ariane ESA TV News
Background information on the transmission:
due to a problem in the transmission chain, this feed was not received in Europe this morning. It will be re-broadcast, together with yesterday’s pre-launch feed at 14:00 GMT this afternoon. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF SATELLITE PARAMETERS BELOW.
Standing on the launch pad in French Guyana the first ATV (Automated Transfer Vehicle) is under the fairing of its Ariane launcher. Lift off is scheduled for the night of Saturday 8 to Sunday 9 march at 04.04 UTC. ESA’s “Jules Verne” ATV, at a mass of nearly 20 tonnes, is the heaviest and largest space vehicle ever built in Europe or to be launched by an Ariane 5. Once on orbit it will fly towards the International Space Station for re-supply, delivering experiments, equipment and spare parts, as well as food, air and water for the permanent onboard crew.
This feed will be avalailable for MPEG2 download via ftp: Server name: esa.contentcoders.com Login: esa Password/userid: ftp4esa Please be informed that the file will be too big to access via a web browser and that you need to use a ftp download manager.
The line-up time for ESA SCPC feeds is – 5 minutes.
More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ATV/index.html.
Transmission details:
Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 1 (AB1) at 12.5degW, Transponder B3, Channel F, Freq = 11088.43MHz, Pol = horizontal,SR = 6.1113 Ms/s, FEC = 3/4, signal MPEG2 4:2:0 in the clear. Intl audio – track 1.
For further information on these feeds, please contact the ESA TV producer Chris Courtenay Taylor: tel + 44 7774 275 951 or mail chrisct@worldwidegroup.ltd.uk
For the latest transmission schedule, go to http://television.esa.int. For all enquires on transmissions, send contact ingrid.van.de.vyver@esa.int or call her mobile phone +32 495 209541. For ordering video tapes and questions on footage via ftp-transfer, contact television@esa.int.
With kind regards
ESA TV Service
