Launch of Shuttle Mission STS-115 / ESA TV Live / 27-08-2006
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
27-Aug-06 20:15 – 20:45 GMT
Launch of Shuttle Mission STS-115
ESA TV Live
Background information on the transmission:
The countdown is ticking for Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-115, which is due to lift off on Sunday 27 August on a mission to deliver and install the second of four sets of power-generating solar arrays that will power laboratories, living quarters and all other ISS systems.
Atlantis, making its 27th flight, will kick off a four-year marathon aimed at completing construction of the International Space Station by 2010.
The successful return on 4 July of Shuttle Discovery from the second post-Columbia flight cleared the way for the resumption of ISS assembly.
Atlantis and its six astronauts are set to lift off at 20:30 GMT the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and to land again at KSC on 7 September at approx 16:00 GMT.
ESA TV will provide extensive mission coverage – beginning with live coverage of the launch on. The schedule of ESA TV STS-115 transmissions will be posted after lift-off.
The line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.
More background information can be found on http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Breaking.html.
Transmission details:Eutelsat Atlantic Bird at 12.5 degrees West
Transponder F5, channel C (SCPC) horizontal, F=12.643 MHz 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.
