STS-135 Last shuttle launch

Date: Fri, Jul 08, 2011 | 14:45 - 15:45 GMT | 16:45 - 17:45 CEST

Type: ESA TV Live

This 8 July STS 135 Atlantis will take off at 15h26 GMT for the last Space Shuttle mission. Launch will be shown live via satellite for broadcasters with relay of NASA TV coverage. Please also note that we will relay Flight Day 1 Highlights this saturday morning between 02h00 and 03h00 GMT. This will include last launch preparations and lift off. As soon as possible after the transmissions highlights will be posted on ESA TV FTP. Don't hesitate to check our transmissions schedule as events might slip. During the mission ESA TV plans several other transmissions that will be notified to our subscribers and announced on the site. For more information please contact ESA TV Team: Dominique Detain + 33 6 85 11 46 81 Chris Courtenay Taylor + 44 777 427 59 51 Ingrid Van De Vyver + 32 495 20 95 41 More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/shuttle/index.html

Satellite Parameters: Atlantic Bird 1 @ 12.5 deg W Transponder F5 Channel B (9MHz) D/link freq: 12633.75 MHz Pol X/Horizontal S/R: 6.1113 Ms/s FEC: 3/4 Signal: PAL MPEG2 4:2:0 in the clear with open audio PIDs Modulation: DVB-s/QPSK