The next mission to the ISS / ESA TV Exchanges / 22-04-2003

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
22-Apr-03 09:15 – 09:30 GMT

The next mission to the ISS

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay 1: 22 April, 18:45-19:00 GMT

Replay 2: 26 April, 09:00-09:15 GMT

On 26 April at 03:58 GMT, two astronauts-one American and one Russion-will take off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome en route to the International Space Station. They will be living and working for six months onboard the ISS, and the current ISS crew will return to Earth on 4 May. Due to the Columbia Shuttle tragedy, ISS crews are reduced to two persons until the Shuttle fleet is flying again.

Today’s transmission provides the background for this launch, including pictures from the current Expedition Six Crew in orbit, and Expedition Seven Crew getting ready for launch.

The programme comprises of a 5 minute A-roll with split audio (English commentary/international sound) and is complimented by a B-Roll with clean international sound.

The script will be available on the day of transmission as a PDF document, on the ESA TV Website. Also the URL of the preview file will be posted on the day of transmission.

This ESA TV Exchanges feed is transmitted by the European Commission’s “Europe by Satellite” (EbS) Service. You can find the complete transmission shcedule and download scripts and shot lists, also for ESA TV items, from the EbS Website at http://europa.eu.int/comm/ebs/index

More background information can be found on http://spaceflight.nasa.gov.

Transmission details:EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13 degrees East (DVB/MPEG-2)

Horizontal, F=12,476 MHz (MCPC, Europe by Satellite)

SR=27,500 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.

With kind regards

ESA TV Service