Venus Express Launch Live Coverage / ESA TV Live / 09-11-2005
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
09-Nov-05 03:10 – 08:30 GMT
Venus Express Launch Live Coverage
ESA TV Live
Background information on the transmission:
The ESA TV Service will provide a clean feed of the launch of Venus Express, produced at Mission Control at ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany, with live images from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazachstan. The lift-off is scheduled for 03:33 GMT.
A detailed running order for the clean feed is online under http://television.esa.int/photos/VenusExpress_09112005.pdf
Not earlier than 100 minutes after lift-off, the separation of Venus Express from the Fregat upper launcher stage, will be confirmed from Baikonur, through live statements by Starsem DG Jean-Yves Le Gall and ESA Science Director David Southwood.
Two press briefings at ESA-ESOC, scheduled for 06:00 and 08:00 GMT, will be televised live. They will feature ESA DG Jean-Jacques Dordain, Starsem Director Francois Maroquene and Venus Express Flight Director Manfred Warhaut. At the end of each press briefing, a B-roll with highlight images will be transmitted.
More background information can be found on www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/.
Transmission details:Eutelsat W2 at 16 degrees east
Transponder B6, channel F (vertical), SCPC/4:2:0
F=11.172 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4
For the general public, a simulcast on Astra 1G is available, see http://television.esa.int/photos/Astra.pdf
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.
