ESA TV Exchanges–info on feed of 06 April

The next ESA TV Exchanges feed will be on:

Friday 06 April 2001

09:30-10:00GMT

Please note the transmission parameters below:

ISS – Five months into crewed operations.

The International Space Station has been manned scince the Expedition One Crew were launched on the 02 November 2000. Since then a considerable amount of construction to the ISS has taken place with missions in December, January, February and March. One of the more recent missions, STS-98, took up and attached the Destiny laboratory which made the ISS the largest Space Station ever flown.

This 3 minute edited video with English commentary features the highlights of missions to the International Space Station since it was manned in Novmeber last year. The A-roll is complimented by a longer B-roll with clean international sound.

More backgroud information can be found on: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov

Satellite parameters Eutelsat W1, 10 degrees East

Transponder B5, channel 2 (digital, horizontal)

F=11.14375 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

MPEG-2 (4:2:0)

MCR: Tel +31 71 565 6322, Fax +31 71 565 6340

PID-codes (Hex): audio 24, video 21, text 0, PCR 21