Status Report

ESA TV News – info on feed 10 March & correction weekly schedule

By SpaceRef Editor
March 9, 2001
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The next ESA TV News feed will be transmitted on

10 March 2001

14:00-14:15 GMT

Please note the different than usual transmission parameters below.

The feed will include the following item:

Space Shuttle Discovery is expected to dock with the International Space Station on Saturday 10 March, at 05:32 GMT. The hatch will be opened and the ISS crew welcome the Shuttle crew at 07:42 GMT, followed shortly later by the official exchange of the Expedition One and Expedition Two Crews. The NASA-TV Flight Day Highlights of these events are transmitted as an ESA TV News item. It will be made of a 3-minute crew activity report with English voiceover and about 10 minutes highlight images with clean international sound.

The transmission parameters for the feed ar as follows:

NSS-K at 21.5 degrees West, Transponder H07, vertical, dig channel 1 (MCPC), F=11591MHz, SR=20150MS/sec, FEC=3/4

Please note that the weekly schedule mailed last night contained an error. The correct schedule is as follows:

13-Mar-01 14:00 – 14:15 GMT

STS-102 Shuttle mission ISS docking and crew exchange

ESA TV news (1 item)

12-Mar-01 14:00 – 14:15 GMT

Installation of Leonardo logistics module on Space Station

ESA TV News (1 item)

14-Mar-01 11:00 – 12:00 GMT

Hubble Discovery – Leonardo B-roll – STS-102 launch and ISS docking – Ariane V140 launch

ESA TV footage (5 items)

15-Mar-01 14:00 – 14:15 GMT

Transfer operations from Leonardo logistics module

ESA TV News (1 item)

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 chabfast@hq.esa.fr.

SpaceRef staff editor.