Space Station year-long mission - Media Briefing

Date: Thu, Dec 18, 2014 | 14:30 - 16:15 GMT | 15:30 - 17:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Live

Format: 16:9

The partner agencies supporting the International Space Station will hold a press conference at UNESCO, Paris, on 18 December to preview the upcoming year-long expedition of Scott Kelly (NASA) and Mikhail Kornienko (Roscosmos) and to discuss the future of the international orbital laboratory.

This will be the longest time astronauts have spent on the Station on a single mission. During their stay, they will work alongside three ESA astronauts: Samantha Cristoforetti, Andreas Mogensen and Timothy Peake.

Press conference participants will include:

–    Scott Kelly, NASA astronaut and crew member,

–    Mikhail Kornienko, Roscosmos cosmonaut and crew member,

–    Andreas Mogensen, ESA astronaut and visiting crew flight engineer,

–    Soichi Noguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency chief astronaut,

–    Jeremy Hansen, Canadian Space Agency astronaut,

–    UNESCO representative.

More information at: http://www.nasa.gov/oneyear

Satellite Parameters:

Satellite parameters:

Eutelsat 10A @ 10degEast

Transponder B5 Channel E (9MHz)

Downlink freq: 11,162.83 MHz Poarisation: X/horizontal

Symbol rate: 7.120 MS/s FEC: 3/4 Mod: DVB-S2/8PSK

Signal: HD 1080i/50 MPEG4 4:2:0 Clear/no encryption

Audio: all mono with: 1 = English, 2 = French, 3 = Russian,

4 = International (room audio)

 

For any further technical information concerning satellite transmission please contact the ESA TV producer Chris Courtenay Taylor: chrisct@worldwidepictures.tv or be tel: +44 7774 275 951.