yee@trident.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee) (09/16/90)
Les Gaver Headquarters, Washington, D.C. September 13, 1990 (Phone: 202/453-8372) N90-72 EDITORS NOTE: NASA STS-35/ASTRO-1 TELEVISION TRANSMISSIONS TO ALASKA AND HAWAII NASA Select television coverage of the STS-35/ASTRO-1 Space Shuttle mission, currently scheduled for a Sept. 18 launch at 1:28 a.m. EDT, will be transmitted daily via the following satellite to accomodate the Alaska and Hawaii audiences: SPACENET 1 Transponder 17 120 degrees West Longitude 4040.0 MHz (Video) 6.8 MHz (Audio) Two-hour, edited versions summarizing each day's events will be transmitted via SPACENET 1 from Sept. 17 through 27 from 12:01 a.m. to 2 a.m. EDT. 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)