NASA TV Education

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NASA TV on Satellite AMC-18C January 28, 2014 NASA Television’s channels NTV-1 (formerly the Public Channel) and NTV-3 (formerly the Media Channel) are now in high definition. NTV-2 (formerly the Education Channel) is a standard digital feed. NTV-1 provides real-time coverage of NASA missions, events and special programming. NTV-2 provides real-time coverage of NASA missions, education content and special programming in standard definition. NTV-3 provides mission coverage, news conferences and relevant video and audio materials to local, national and international news-gathering organizations. All NASA Television channels are available on Satellite AMC-18C. Specific parameters for each channel are listed below. NASA’s Live Interactive Media Service (LIMS) is KU-Band service. KU-Band parameters are provided prior to each event. NASA Television will schedule each LIMS event on a satellite in proximity of AMC-18 whenever possible. News networks, their reporters, and other broadcast media organizations must tune their satellite receivers to the NTV-3 to ensure reception of clean feeds for all mission coverage, news conferences, and other agency distributed news and information.NASA TV is 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. Below are parameters for each channel: Uplink provider = AMC 18 C Transponder = 3C 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 NTV-1 Programming: HD 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 NTV-2 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 NTV-3 Programming: HD Program = 103 (HQ3) Compression Format = MPEG-4 Video PID = 0x1031 hex / 4145 decimal AC-3 Audio PID = 0x1035 hex /4149 decimal MPEG I Layer II Audio PID = 0x1034 hex /4148 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.