delusionofgrandeur

Space Shuttle mission STS-122 is scheduled to launch today from Kennedy Space centre in Florida at 21:31:44ZULU. The shuttle in use for this mission is Atlantis and it will be carrying the European Columbus pressurised module (shown in the cargo bay in the diagram) for the International Space Station.

Atlantis will also be carrying the EuTEF external payload facility for the ISS.

You can follow the launch on NASA TV via the web or if you’re in Europe with a suitable dish, you can get the ESA TV relay on Atlantic Bird 1 at 12.5 deg West.

Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 1 at 12.5 deg West, Transponder F5, Channel C, Horizontal, F=12.642,75 MHz, SR=6.1113 Ms/s, FEC=3/4, signal MPEG2 4:2:0 PAL in the clear.

I had a quick look in at NASA.GOV’s new web page for NASA TV. On playing back the wma stream, it appeared to be of decidedly worse quality than we are used to so I tried the RealPlayer stream which was far better. It may just be a transient reduction in the bandwidth of the stream by Yahoo so I’ll try again tomorrow on the WMA stream but remember that the RealPlayer stream may be worth a try if you can’t get a good stream otherwise.

Tags: atlantis, columbus, esa, iss, space shuttle, sts-122

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