Upcoming transmissions http://television.esa.int Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:18:33 GMT en television@esa.int m.valentijn@e-vision.nl http://www.e-vision.nl http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://television.esa.int/images/rss_logo.gif http://television.esa.int 93 37 start: 09:40; end: 11:40
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The inaugural VEGA flight is scheduled for lift-off from 10:00 UTC on 13 February 2012. Europe's new launcher will lift off from a newly built launch site at Kourou, exactly on the location where the first Ariane flights took place at the Guiana Space Centre. Launch coverage from CSG will commence 20 mins before opening of the 3 hours launch window and end with Director's statements following separation of the 9-satellite payload approximately 90 mins after launch. http://television.esa.int/sche_detail.cfm?id=2603 start: 07:30; end: 07:45
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ESAs new Vega launcher scores success on maiden flight The first Vega lifted off today at 10:00 GMT (11:00 CET, 07:00 local time) from the new launch pad at Europes Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. With Vega extending the family of launchers available at the spaceport, Europe now covers the full range of launch needs, from small science and Earth observation satellites to the largest missions like ESAs supply freighters to the International Space Station. This B-Roll includes images from countdown, lift-off, animation and the speech of ESA Director Jean-Jacques Dordain http://television.esa.int/sche_detail.cfm?id=2604