• NASA Announces Television Coverage for Aug. 21 Solar Eclipse

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    https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6921

    NASA Announces Television Coverage for Aug. 21 Solar Eclipse
    August 11, 2017

    On Monday, Aug. 21, all of North America will be treated to an eclipse
    of the Sun, and NASA Television will carry it live from coast to coast
    from unique vantage points on the ground and from aircraft and spacecraft, including the International Space Station. Coverage will be featured during the live four-hour broadcast Eclipse Across America: Through the Eyes
    of NASA.

    Programming begins at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) with a preview show hosted
    from Charleston, South Carolina. The main show begins at 10 a.m. PDT (1
    p.m. EDT) and will cover the path of totality the eclipse will take across
    the United States, from Oregon to South Carolina. The program will feature views from NASA research aircraft, high-altitude balloons, satellites
    and specially-modified telescopes. It also will include live reports from Charleston, as well as from Salem, Oregon; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Beatrice, Nebraska; Jefferson City, Missouri; Carbondale, Illinois; Hopkinsville, Kentucky; and Clarksville, Tennessee.

    The Toshiba Vision screen in New York's Times Square will broadcast the program live in its entirety to give the public a big-screen view of the eclipse. Viewers in Times Square can listen to NASA coverage while observing it on the big screen by downloading the NASA app or going to https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive.

    Catch NASA's live coverage using any of the following:

    NASA App

    NASA App for iOS -- http://itunes.apple.com/app/nasa-app/id334325516?mt=8
    NASA App for Android -- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.nasa
    NASA App for Amazon Fire and Fire TV -- http://amzn.com/B00ZVR87LQ
    The NASA App also is available to Apple TV users.

    Social Media

    Facebook Live -- https://www.facebook.com/nasa
    Twitter/Periscope -- https://www.pscp.tv/nasa
    Twitch TV -- https://twitch.tv/nasa
    Ustream -- http://www.ustream.tv/nasahdtv
    YouTube -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwMDvPCGeE0

    Embedding Streams

    Ustream coverage can be viewed at: http://www.ustream.tv/embed/6540154?html5ui
    YouTube video can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/embed/wwMDvPCGeE0

    NASA TV Feeds

    NASA TV on Galaxy-13

    NASA TV channels are digital C-band signals, carried by QPSK/DVB-S modulation on satellite Galaxy-13, transponder 11, at 127 degrees west longitude,
    with a downlink frequency of 3920 MHz, vertical polarization, data rate
    of 38.80 MHz, symbol rate of 28.0681 Mbps, and 3/4 FEC. A Digital Video Broadcast (DVB) compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) is needed
    for reception.

    NTV-1 (Public-Education) HD Program = 101 (NTV-1)

    Compression Format = MPEG-2, Video PID = 0x112 hex / 274 decimal, AC-3
    PID = 0x113 hex / 275 decimal, MPEG I Layer II Audio PID = 0x114 hex /
    276 decimal. NASA also is providing an uncaptioned KU feed for this event
    only on Galaxy 17, Transponder TBD.

    NTV-3 (Media) HD Program = 103 (NTV-3)

    Compression Format = MPEG-4, Video PID = 0x1031 hex / 4145 decimal, AC-3
    Audio PID = 0x1034 hex /4148 decimal, MPEG I Layer II Audio PID = 0x1035
    hex /4149 decimal. NASA also is providing a raw feed on the Verizon AVOC.
    The transmit circuit numbers are 36 TBGS 101315 AVOC TX 1 and 36 TBGS
    101321 AVOC TX 2. Media requesting this connection must contact Verizon directly and have had presence on the AVOC previously.

    All content and times are subject to change in real-time and without notice.

    For more details and a broadcast timeline, visit:

    https://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

    In addition to the NASA TV broadcast, live video streams from locations
    across the country will be available at:

    https://www.nasa.gov/eclipselive

    To view and download NASA eclipse images, visit:

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto

    All imagery and videos are in the public domain and can be used with the proper credit. For more information, please see NASA's Media Usage Guidelines at:

    https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/guidelines

    News Media Contact
    Dwayne Brown
    NASA Headquarters, Washington
    202-358-1726
    dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov

    Andrew Good
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
    818-393-2433
    andrew.c.good@jpl.nasa.gov

    Karen Fox
    Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
    301-286-6284
    karen.c.fox@nasa.gov

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