[sci.space.shuttle] STS-37 TV transmissions

yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (04/04/91)

Les Gaver
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                       April 2, 1991
(Phone:  202/453-8372)

N91-24

NOTE TO EDITORS: STS-37 TV TRANSMISSIONS 

     STS-37/GRO Space Shuttle mission (currently scheduled for an 
April 5 launch) television programming will be transmitted daily 
via the following satellite to accommodate the Alaska and Hawaii 
audiences:

 SPACENET 1
  Transponder 17L
  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 from April 6 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)

rmo5292@zeus.tamu.edu (O'LEARY, RICHARD MICHAEL) (04/05/91)

In article <1991Apr3.173647.27149@news.arc.nasa.gov>, yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) writes...
>Les Gaver
>Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                       April 2, 1991
>(Phone:  202/453-8372)
> 
>N91-24
> 
>NOTE TO EDITORS: STS-37 TV TRANSMISSIONS 
> 
>     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)

I had heard that some amateur TV operators re-broadcast NASA Select on Cable Ch 
60.   Anyone have more info, especially for the Houston area?

				-- D

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