ESA TV Service — transmissions 14-15 February

In the next 36 hours, the ESA TV Service will provide pre-event footage for the ESA Cluster press conference, and coverage of the STS-98 mission to the International Space Station, as follows:

14 February 2001, 14:00-14:30 GMT: Pre-event footage for the Cluster results press conference on Friday, 16 February.

ESA and top European scientists will present the first science results of the Cluster mission during a press conference to be held on 16 February 2001 in Paris. The ESA TV Service provides pre-event footage, including soundbites with project scientist P. Escoubet (French) and project manager A. Gianolio (Italian and English). The B-roll also includes animations of new Cluster science results. Any use of the material is strictly embargoed until 16 February 2001, 11:00 GMT. The transmission details are:

Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees East, transponder B5, horizontal, dig ch 1, F=11.13475 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

14 February 2001, 18:30-18:45 GMT: Near-live images from the third STS-98 space walk.

The 3rd space walk of STS-98 is scheduled to start on 15:16 GMT and to be completed atl 21:46 GMT. In time for European prime time news, the ESA TV Service will transmit up to 15 minutes of images recorded between 15:00 and 18:00 GMT. This transmission is on:

Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees East, transponder B5, horizontal, dig ch 1, F=11.13475 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

15 February 2001, 06:00-06:20 GMT: STS-98 Flight Day 8 Highlights

The best images from the last space walk of mission STS-98 will be edited into NASA-TV Flight Day 8 Highlights. available in time for breakfast news. This transmission is on:

NSS-K at 21.5 degrees West, transponder H07, vertical, dig ch 1 (MCPC), F=11.591 MHz, SR=20.150 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 chabfast@hq.esa.fr.