Integral Launch Coverage
There are just 48 hours to go until the launch of the world’s most sensitive gamma-ray observatory. ESA’s new spacecraft Integral will be launched on board a Russian Proton launcher from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on the 17 October at 04:41 GMT.
The ESA TV Service provides pre-launch images and a live transmission of the launch as follows:
1) Integral pre-launch footage
16 October 2002
13:30-13:45
Integral Video News Release and a B-roll comprising of the latest pre-launch images from Baikonur including launcher roll-out and erection.
2) Integral last launch preparations
17 October 2002
04:00-04:15 GMT
Replay of the B-roll footage transmitted with the VNR on the 16 October, plus new footage received from Baikonur the night before the launch.
3) Integral live launch transmission
17 October 2002
04:15-06:30 GMT
Live transmission of the Integral launch from Baikonur in Kazachstan. The programme is produced at ESA’s Operations Centre ESOC in Darmstadt, using a feed from Baikonur and images from a multi-camera event plus from the Operations Control Centre.
The programme for the Integral live transmission on 17 October 2002 will be as follows:
04:00-04:15 GMT Announcement slate – pre launch B-roll
04:15-05:00 GMT Live transmission 1st part (04:41 Scheduled lift-off)
06:00-06:30 GMT Live transmission 2nd part (08:13 Scheduled spacecraft separation)
The live transmission can also be followed as streaming video under http://www.esa.int/integrallaunch
The satellite parameters for ALL the transmissions are as follows:
Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees East
Tx B5, horizontal, MPEG-2, SCPC (8 MBit/sec)
F=11.144 Mhz, SR=5.632 MS/s, FEC=3/4
(The transmission of the live launch event is also available on ASTRA 2C – please see the ESA TV website for satellite parameters)
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.
