ESA TV Coverage of Shuttle/ISS Mission on 6-10 July
ESA-TV will provide the following coverage of the Shuttle Mission to the ISS – all details posted on the ESA TV Website:
6 July 04:00-04:30 GMT Flight Day 2 Highlights of Mission STS-121
NASA provides daily flight day highlights for all Shuttle Missions. These are B-rolls with the best images from the past 24 hours, and of the key mission milestones.
6 July 16:45-17:15 GMT Hatch Opening – Welcome of Shuttle Crew Aboard ISS
On 6 July at 16:58 GMT, the hatch opening and inital handshake between Shuttle and ISS Expedition crews is scheduled. This event is planned to be televised live.
7 July 04:00-04:30 GMT Flight Day 3 Highlights of Mission STS-121
NASA provides daily flight day highlights for all Shuttle Missions. These are B-rolls with the best images from the past 24 hours, and of the key mission milestones.
7 July 20:42-21:02 GMT Expedition 13 In-Flight Interviews
Correspondents from CNN, CBS and Associated Press ask questions to Expedition 13 Crew Members Vinogradov, Williams and Reiter. The live images and audio of the astronauts in space may be used by all broadcasters.
8 July 04:00-04:30 GMT Flight Day 4 Highlights of Mission STS-121
NASA provides daily flight day highlights for all Shuttle Missions. These are B-rolls with the best images from the past 24 hours, and of the key mission milestones.
9 July 04:00-04:30 GMT Flight Day 5 Highlights of Mission STS-121
NASA provides daily flight day highlights for all Shuttle Missions. These are B-rolls with the best images from the past 24 hours, and of the key mission milestones.
9 July 14:55-15:40 GMT STS-121/Expedition 13 Crew News Conference
Press Conference with all crew members of the STS-121 and Expediiton 13 crews, 40 minutes in duration, occurs in Destiny Laboratory of the ISS. The 40 minutes will split in time:
24 minutes for U.S. media gathering at NASA centers
16 mins for European media gathering at the European Astronaut Center EAC in Cologne, Germany These are anticipated to be mostly German media asking questions in native language. Reiter will respond in the language of the questioner
ESA-TV provides a rebroadcast of the answers (video and audio) by the astronauts in the ISS. The images may be used by all broadcasters.
10 July 04:00-04:30 GMT Flight Day 6 Highlights of Mission STS-121
NASA provides daily flight day highlights for all Shuttle Missions. These are B-rolls with the best images from the past 24 hours, and of the key mission milestones.
Satellite parameters for all feeds:
Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West, Transponder F5, channel 1 (SCPC) horizontal, F=12643 MHz, SR=6.1113 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.
