May 6, 2009

Fred Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0713 fred a brown@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: 09-077

NASA TELEVISION TO PROVIDE HD COVERAGE OF SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH

WASHINGTON -- NASA Television will provide live high definition coverage of Monday's scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis on its STS-125 mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope

The NASA Television HD feed (Channel 105) will be available beginning Friday at 12 p m , EDT, with live images from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida Launch coverage begins Monday, May 11, at 8:30 a m Liftoff is slated for 2:01 p m

NASA TV Downlink Parameters are: Uplink provider = Americom Satellite = AMC 6 Transponder = 17C 72 Degrees West Transmission Format: DVB-S Downlink Frequency: 4040 MHz Polarity: Vertical FEC= 3/4 Data Rate= 36 860 MHz Symbol Rate = 26 665 Ms/s

For NASA TV HD Programming: HD Program = 105 Video PID = 82 AC-3 Audio PID = 238 MPEG-1 Layer II Audio PID =83

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit:

http://www nasa gov/ntv

For more information about the space shuttle's STS-125 mission, visit:

http://www nasa gov/shuttle

For more information about the Hubble Space Telescope, visit:

http://www nasa gov/hubble

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