[sarex] NASA TV SCHEDULE

[Arthur Rowe]

SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468

NASA Television is now carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via 
satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 
MHz, vertical polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) - compliant 
Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) with modulation of QPSK/DBV, data rate 
of 36.86 and FEC 3/4 is needed for reception. NASA TV Multichannel 
Broadcast includes: Public Services Channel (Channel 101); the Education 
Channel (Channel 102) and the Media Services Channel (Channel 103).



2006

September

The NASA TV schedule for STS-115 is available at:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/mission_schedule.html

September 16, Saturday
12 p.m. - Expedition 14/Ansari Pre-Launch Activities and Soyuz TMA-9 
Rollout B-Roll Feed - JSC (Media Channel)

September 17, Sunday
12 p.m. - Expedition 14/Ansari Final Pre-Launch News Conference Replay - 
JSC (All Channels)
10:30 p.m. - Expedition 14/Ansari Pre-Launch B-Roll Feed from Baikonur, 
Kazakhstan - Baikonur (Media Channel)
11:30 p.m. - Expedition 14/Ansari Launch Coverage Begins (Launch 
scheduled at 12:09 a.m. Sept. 18) - Baikonur (All Channels)

September 18, Monday
2:30 a.m. - Expedition 14/Ansari Post-Launch Interviews and Post Launch 
Video File - JSC (Media Channel)

September 20,Wednesday
12:30 a.m. - Expedition 14/Ansari Docking to the ISS Coverage (docking 
scheduled at 1:24 a.m.) – Korolev, Russia (All Channels)
4:10 a.m. - Expedition 14/Ansari/Expedition 13 Hatch Opening and 
Welcoming Ceremony (Hatch opening scheduled at 4:20 a.m.) – Korolev, 
Russia (All Channels)

September 21, Thursday
12:15 p.m. - Expedition 14/Expedition 13/Ansari Crew News Conference - 
JSC (All Channels)

September 22, Friday
12:05 p.m. - Expedition 14/Expedition 13 In-Flight Interviews with ABC 
News and Wisconsin Public Radio - JSC (Media Channel)

September 25, Monday
5:40 a.m. - Expedition 14/Expedition 13/Ansari In-Flight Interviews with 
Russian Media (in native language) - JSC (Media Channel)
6:30 a.m. - Interpreted Replay of Expedition 14/Expedition 13/Ansari 
In-Flight Interviews with Russian Media - JSC (Media Channel)
12:15 p.m. - Expedition 14/Expedition 13 In-Flight Interviews with CBS 
News and Associated Press Television - JSC (Media Channel)

September 26, Tuesday
10:23 a.m. - Expedition 14/Expedition 13 In-Flight Interviews with the 
Houston Chronicle, PBS Wired Program and CNN Espanol - JSC (Media Channel)

September 27, Wednesday
12:25 p.m. -Expedition 14/Expedition 13 Change of Command Ceremony - JSC 
(All Channels)

September 28, Thursday
2:15 p.m. - Expedition 14/Expedition 13/Ansari Farewells and Hatch 
Closure (hatch closure scheduled at 2:45 p.m.) - JSC (All Channels)
5:30 p.m. - Expedition 13/Ansari Undocking from the ISS Coverage 
(undocking scheduled at 5:54 p.m.) - JSC (All Channels)
8 p.m. - Expedition 13/Ansari Deorbit Burn and Landing Coverage (deorbit 
burn scheduled at 8:20 p.m.; landing scheduled at 9:10 p.m.) - JSC (All 
Channels)

September 29, Friday
5:30 a.m. - Expedition 13/Ansari Video B-Roll of Landing Site Activities 
and Welcoming Ceremony in Kustanai, Kazakhstan - JSC (All Channels)
10 a.m. -Expedition 13/Ansari Video B-Roll of Return to Chkalovsky 
Airbase, Star City, Russia - JSC (All Channels)

All times Eastern. Programs may be pre-empted without advance notice.