ESA Columbus and ATV Media Briefing / ESA TV Live / 05-12-2007

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

05-Dec-07 18:00 – 19:00 GMT

ESA Columbus and ATV Media Briefing

ESA TV Live

Background information on the transmission:

On the eve of the Columbus Laboratory launch, top ESA officials brief the media at the launch site on Columbus and ATV, the two main European contributions to the International Space Station.

NASA-TV provides a live broadcast of this media briefing.

The speakers are:

Alan Thirkettle, ISS Programme Manager at ESA

Jean-François Clervoy, Deputy ATV Project Manager at ESA

The Q&A will be by media at the KSC press dome in Florida.

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=12.64275 MHz, SR+6.1113 Ms/s, FEC=3/4, signal MPEG2 4:2:0 PAL in the clear.

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