ESA TV Live – ISS Forum 2001

On Tuesday ESA TV Live will cover the “ISS Forum 2001” in Berlin and will comprise of the following 2 transmissions.

1) ISS Forum 2001 – Opening Session Highlights

05 June 2001

13:45-13:55 GMT

The ESA TV Service will cover this joint ESA/DLR event extensively and offers to broadcasters a 7-minute highlight edit of the conference venue, VIP arrival and the first part of the opening session in time for evening news.

Please note the satellite parameters below.

2) ISS Forum 2001 – Opening Session

05 June 2001

12:00-13:30 and 14:00-16:00 GMT

Broadcasters are also invited to follow the whole opening session as a multi-camera recording will cover the presentations of the first day, with Germany’s research minister Edelgard Bulmahn.

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

ISS FORUM 2001

From 5 to 7 June 2001, the “ISS Forum 2001” will bring together all international partners in the ISS to present the complete spectrum of industrial use of the ISS, including how to book space on the ISS and how much this will cost. The event is to be held at the Estrel Convention Centre in Berlin. Fifteen countries, including ten European nations, are involved in constructing, operating and exploiting the ISS.

For more information and, see the conference home page: www.spaceflight.esa.int/ISSForum2001/ or contact:

Clare Mattok, ESA, Tel. : +33 1.5369.7412, Fax: +33 1.5369.7690

Vanadis Weber, DLR, Tel: +49 2203.601-3068, Fax: + 49 2203.601.3249

As of 4 June: ISS Forum 2001 press centre, Tel: +49 30 6831 45134