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NASA TV’s PUBLIC, MEDIA CHANNELS TRANSITIONING TO HD
Beginning Feb. 17, 2012 at 2 p.m. EST, NASA Television’s Public (channel 101) and Media (channel 103) channels will transmit their respective content in high definition. The changeover test time will be Feb. 17 from noon to 2 p.m. EST.
NASA Television’s Public Channel (channel 101), the "NASA TV" most often carried by cable and satellite service providers, provides coverage of NASA missions and events, plus documentaries, archival and other special programming. This channel will be in HD MPEG-2 format at 15.877Mbps
NASA TV’s Media Channel (channel 103) provides mission coverage, news conferences and relevant video and audio materials to local, national and international news-gathering organizations. This channel will be in HD MPEG-4 format at 15.409Mbps.
The current NASA TV HD Channel (105) will cease service.
NASA Television Is On Satellite AMC-18C*
NASA TV (Public, HD, Media, and Education channels) is now available in continental North America, Alaska and Hawaii on AMC-18C. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) is needed for reception. NASA Television's Public, HD, Media and Education channels are available at these parameters:
Uplink provider = AMC 18 C
Transponder = 3 C
105 degrees W
C-Band
Downlink Frequency: 3760 MHz
Downlink Polarity: Vertical
Transmission Format = DVB-S, 4:2:0
FEC = ¾
Data Rate = 38.80 Mbps
Symbol Rate = 28.0681
Modulation: QPSK/DVB-S
MPEG-2 encoding
*Does not affect NASA TV viewers at home or on nasa.gov.
"Public Channel" Programming*: SD Program = 101 (HQ1)
Compression Format = MPEG-2
Video PID = 0x111 hex / 273 decimal
AC-3 PID = 0x115 hex / 277 decimal
MPEG I Layer II Audio PID = 0x114 hex / 276decimal
*HD effective Feb. 17, 2012
Compression Format = MPEG-2
Video PID = 0x111 hex / 273 decimal
AC-3 PID = 0x115 hex / 277 decimal
MPEG I Layer II Audio PID = 0x114 hex / 276decimal
*HD effective Feb. 17, 2012
"HD Channel" Programming*: HD Program = 105
Compression Format = MPEG-2
Video PID = 0x52 hex / 82 decimal
AC-3 Audio PID = 0xEE hex / 238 decimal
MPEG I Layer II Audio PID= 0x53 hex / 83 decimal
*Service ceases effective Feb. 17, 2012
Compression Format = MPEG-2
Video PID = 0x52 hex / 82 decimal
AC-3 Audio PID = 0xEE hex / 238 decimal
MPEG I Layer II Audio PID= 0x53 hex / 83 decimal
*Service ceases effective Feb. 17, 2012
"Media Channel" Programming*: SD Program = 103 (HQ3)
Compression Format = MPEG-2
Video PID = 0x1031 hex / 4145 decimal
AC-3 Audio PID = 0x1035 hex /4149 decimal
MPEG I Layer II Audio PID = 0x1034 hex /4148 decimal
*HD effective Feb. 17, 2012
Compression Format = MPEG-2
Video PID = 0x1031 hex / 4145 decimal
AC-3 Audio PID = 0x1035 hex /4149 decimal
MPEG I Layer II Audio PID = 0x1034 hex /4148 decimal
*HD effective Feb. 17, 2012
"Education Channel" Programming: SD Program = 102 (HQ2)
Compression Format = MPEG-2
Video PID = 0x121 hex / 289 decimal
AC-3 Audio PID = 0x124 hex /292 decimal
MPEG I Layer II Audio PID = 0x125 /293 decimal
Compression Format = MPEG-2
Video PID = 0x121 hex / 289 decimal
AC-3 Audio PID = 0x124 hex /292 decimal
MPEG I Layer II Audio PID = 0x125 /293 decimal
NASA LIMS (Live Satellite Interviews) Now KU-Band*
NASA’s Live Interactive Media Service (LIMS) has moved to KU-Band service. KU-Band parameters are provided prior to each event. NASA will schedule each LIMS event on a satellite in proximity of AMC18 whenever possible.
Uplink provider = TBD
Transponder = TBD
KU-Band
Bandwidth = 18 MHz
Transmission Format = DVB-S, 4:2:0
Data Rate = 12 Mbps
Modulation: QPSK/DVB-S
MPEG-4 encoding (MPEG-2 available upon request)
HD 16x9
*C-Band LIMS service is not available.
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