[extropy-chat] Venus Express Launch 9November

[Amara Graps]

Hi folks,

The first try of the Venus Express launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome
will occur at ~4am Europe (CET) time (8am Kazachsstan time).

================================================================
http://television.esa.int/default.cfm#

Wed, Nov 09, 2005 | 03:10 - 08:30 GMT | 04:10 - 09:30 CET
Venus Express Launch Live Coverage
ESA TV Live

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 backgroud information can be found on:
www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/

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

================================================================


Amara

(The institute I work in has two instruments (PFS, Virtis) on this
spacecraft)