German Chancellor Angela Merkel Talks to ISS Crew / ESA TV News / 20-07-2006

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

20-Jul-06 10:10 – 10:50 GMT

German Chancellor Merkel Talks to ISS Crew

ESA TV News

Background information on the transmission:

On 20 July 2006, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit ESOC in Darmstadt, ESA’s Establishment for spacecraft operations. Accompanied by Roland Koch, the Prime Minister of Hessen, the German Land in which ESOC is located, Merkel will visit ESOC’s installation, receive a briefing on ESA’s mission operations and make a phone call with the ISS Crew, notably German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter.

ESA-TV provides a live multi-camera feed of the following parts of Ms Merkel’s visit:

approx 10:20-10:25 GMT – Visit of the ESOC Main Control Room

10:30-10:45 GMT – Telephone link with the ISS, in front of 300 media, officials and ESOC staff

Please note that the line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.

More background information can be found on www.esa.int.

Transmission details: Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West

Transponder B1, channel A (SCPC) horizontal, F=10960 MHz, SR=6.1113 Ms/sec, FEC=3/4

For further information, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For other enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail claus.habfast@esa.int.

Please note that the line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.

The recurrent downlink data are:

Every Monday through Friday – 15:00-15:20 GMT

ISS Mission Commentary

Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West, Transponder F5, channel 1 (SCPC) horizontal, F=12661 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.