yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (05/15/91)
Les Gaver
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                        May 14, 1991
(Phone:  202/453-8372)
N91-35
NOTE TO EDITORS: STS-40 TV TRANSMISSIONS 
     STS-40 Space Shuttle mission (currently scheduled for a May 22 
launch) television programming will be transmitted daily via the 
following satellite to accomodate the Alaska and Hawaii audiences:
 SPACENET 1
  Transponder 18
 120 degrees West Longitude
 4060.0 MHz (Video)
 6.8 MHz (Audio)
     Two-hour edited versions of each day's events will be 
transmitted via SPACENET 1: May 23 through landing - Midnight to 2 
a.m. Eastern time
     The continental United States will continue to receive NASA 
Select television, 24 hours a day throughout the mission, via:
 SATCOM F2R
 Transponder 13
 72 degrees West Longitude
3960 MHz (Video)
 6.8 MHZ (Audio)
	Television schedules will be available via computer by dialing 
713/483-5817 and by phone at 202/755-1788.