Rosetta Launch Confirmation – ESA TV Schedule

The launch of the Rosetta space probe on Ariane 5 has been confirmed for
Thursday, 26 February 2004, at 07:36 GMT. The ESA TV Service will provide the
following coverage:

05:30 – 12:00 GMT

Rosetta launch live coverage

ESA TV Live

5:36 Kourou launch preparation images of 24/25 February

6:51 Clean live shots of launcher/ground controllers

7:06 Replay of Kourou launch preparation images of 24/25 February

7:16 Start Arianespace live transmission part 1: final countdown/lift-off

7:36 H0 – Lift-off

7:51 End Arianespace transmission part 1

7:56 Start live transmission on Rosetta, from ESOC

9:21 End live transmission on Rosetta

9:26 Start Arianespace live transmission part 2: upper stage ignition/separation

9:49 Separation, launch replay, declarations by officials

10:06 End Arianespace live transmission part 2

10:11 Resume live transmission from ESOC: Rosetta status report by ground control

10:45 Rosetta Launch Summary B-roll

11:00 Post-launch press briefing at ESOC

12:00 End Rosetta Launch Coverage

Further details and any updates will be posted on the ESA TV Web site.

These transmissions are on:

Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees east

Transponder B5, horizontal, digital channel B

F=11,171.07 MHz, SR=5.632 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.