Weekly ISS-Astrolab Highlights #13 / ESA TV Exchanges / 08-11-2006

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

08-Nov-06 10:00 – 10:30 GMT

Weekly ISS-Astrolab Highlights #13

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

On 6 July 2006, German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter joined the permanent ISS Expedition 13 Crew.

ESA-TV provides weekly ISS-Astrolab Highlights featuring the best images received during the past seven days.

This week’s highlights will cover inter alia the following:

– The In-flight call (in German) of Reiter with German broadcaster Phoenix on 27 October 2006. These images may now be used by all broadcasters

– New NASA computer animations released 6 November illustrating the operations at the upcoming STS-116 Shuttle mission to the ISS

– General views of Reiter in the ISS, including him giving a haircut to fellow astronaut Tyurin.

A detailed dope sheet for the B-roll will be online early on 16 August under http://television.esa.int/photos/mission_highlights_08_11_06.pdf

Please note that the run time of this transmission is 30 minutes.

The line-up time for this SCPC feed is 5 minutes.

More background information can be found on www.esa.int/astrolab.

Transmission details:Eutelsat W2 at 16 degrees east, Transponder B6, vertical, channel D (SCPC, 4:2:0), F=11.154 MHz, SR=5.632 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.