Status Report

STS-121 Crew Q&A on Launch Pad / ESA TV News / 15-06-2006

By SpaceRef Editor
June 14, 2006
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The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

15-Jun-06 09:30 – 10:15 GMT

STS-121 Crew Q&A on Launch Pad

ESA TV News

Background information on the transmission:

On 13-14 June 2006, the Crew for the next Shuttle mission, STS-121, is performing at Cape Canaveral in Florida the so-called Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT). This is a dress rehearsal by the crew of the final hours and the final countdown towards their launch.

ESA TV provides a rebroadcast of NASA-TV covering the media Q&A by the Commander, Steven W. Lindsey, and the STS-121 Crew, on the Shuttle launch pad.

The media Q&A, of 40 minutes duration, took place and was broadcast by NASA-TV on 14 June (12:15-13:00 GMT). This is a rebroadcast, time-shifted for reasons of satellite space segment availability.

Please note that 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 1 (SCPC) horizontal, F=12643 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.

SpaceRef staff editor.