ESA Astronaut docking to ISS: Live coverage

Date: Fri, Sep 04, 2015 | 07:25 - 10:45 GMT | 09:25 - 12:45 CEST

Type: ESA TV Live

Format: 16:9

Following the successful launch to the International Space Station of ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen on Tuesday 2nd September, the Soyuz TMA-18M capsule will dock to ISS at 0742GMT on Friday 4th September.

Mogensen, with his crewmates Soyuz spacecraft commander Sergei Volkov and Kazakh cosmonaut Aidyn Aimbetov, will enter the ISS some 2.5 hours later at 1015GMT and there will then be a crew event with the families at Moscow control centre. 

Overseen by a team at the Columbus Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, Mogensen will conduct an intensive series of experiments during his short duration mission.

More information at:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/iriss

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Eutelsat 10A @ 10degEast Transponder B5 Channel D (9MHz)
D/link freq: 11153.83 MHz Polarisation X/horizontal
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Modulation: DVBS2/8PSK audio PIDs open/mono

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