Launch transmission details
The ESA TV Service will cover the Cluster launch extensively with live televised launch transmission:
Tuesday, 8 August: 14:00-14:30 GMT/16:00-16.30 CEST testing all three carriers immediately following VCSC test.
Wednesday, 9 August: Live program 10:30-13:30 GMT (lift-off at 11:13 GMT) from the Royal Society in London with launch transmission from Baikonur.
Schedule and transmission details
For the programme on 9 August, the ESA TV Service provides a digital and two analogue satellite transmission paths. For all paths, a test transmission is scheduled in the afternoon of 8 August.
Test transmission - analog and digital
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Date: |
8 August 2000 | |
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Time: |
16.00-16.30 hours CEST (14:00-14:30 hours GMT/UTC) | |
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Schedule: |
Lineup starts 15:45 (see detailed procedure), lineup |
15 minutes |
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75% Colour bars with ESA logo, 1 khz/-9dB audio |
10 minutes | |
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Video tape on Cluster, 4 audio carriers (English voice commentary, French, German and clean, international sound) |
5 minutes | |
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Reserve |
15 minutes | |
| For transmission path, please see below. | ||
Live launch transmission schedule
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Date: |
9 August 2000 | |
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Time: |
12:15-15:30 hours CEST (10:15-13:30 hours GMT/UTC) | |
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Schedule: |
12:15-12:30 |
Lineup Eutelsat digital, lineup Telecom/Eutelsat analogue |
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12:30-13:05 |
75% Colour bars with ESA logo, 1 khz/-9dB audio | |
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13:05-13:25 |
Live transmission - lift-off (13:11 hours) & flight | |
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13:25-14:30 |
Mission status updates | |
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14:30-15:15 |
Live programme from the Royal Society in London | |
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15:15-15:30 |
Standby for mission delay | |
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15:30 |
End of programme, end of transmission | |
Live launch transmission - digital path
9 August 2000
12:30-15:30 hours CEST 10:30-13:30 hours GMT/UTC
Eutelsat 2F4 at 10 degrees East
Transponder 22, horizontal, digital channel 2
Frequency 11,14375 MHz
MPEG-2 (4:2:0 - 625/50), 5.632 Msymb/sec, FEC ¾
4 audio carriers (CH1: English, CH2: IT, CH3: French, CH4: German)
This channel does not transmit a continuous carrier. The recommended antenna size is 2.4 metres.
Live launch transmission - analog paths
9 August 2000
12:30-15:30 hours CEST 10:30-13:30 hours GMT/UTC
Telecom 2C at 3 degrees East
Eutelsat 2F4 at 10 degrees East
Transponder 04 vertical (analogue) Transponder 22, horizontal (analogue)
Frequency 12,648 MHz Frequency 11,163 MHz
PAL/36 MHz, audio sub-carrier 6,6 MHz English PAL/27 MHz, audio sub-carrier 6,6 MHz English
These transponders do not transmit continuous carriers. Recommended antenna sizes are:
Telecom 2C - 1.5 metres for B, F, most of D, north I, NL, CH and southern GB. 1.8 metres for A, DK, north-east D, IRL, central I and northern GB.
Eutelsat 2F4 analogue - 1 metre for A, CH, D, DK, NL and southern S. 1.2 metres for B, F, GB, N, northern I, and SF. 1.5 metres for E, southern I and IRL.
Further details
More details on the live broadcast can be found at the ESA Television website: http://television.esa.int (see related link on the right-hand side).