Follow the Cervantes launch and docking with the International Space Station from one of ESAs establishments

The launch of ESA's Cervantes mission to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is currently scheduled for 18 October at 11:37 local time (05:37 GMT - 07:37 Central European Summer Time). Docking with the ISS is scheduled for 20 October at 11:11 Moscow time (07:11 GMT - 09:11 CEST).

ESA astronaut Pedro Duque, a Spaniard, starts this 10-day mission in company with the NASA astronaut Michael Foale and the Russian Alexander Kaleri, the next ISS crew. The main objectives of this flight are to deliver a new Soyuz vehicle to the ISS to be used as a rescue vehicle by the crew on board, relieve the Expedition-7 crew (the American Edward Lu and the Russian Yuri Malenchenko) and perform a series of experiments on board.
Media representatives in Europe can follow the launch and docking phases at ESA/HQ in Paris, France, ESA/Noordwijk (ESTEC), at Space Expo, in the Netherlands, ESA/Frascati (ESRIN) in Italy and jointly with ESA at CDTI Madrid in Spain. At each site ESA specialists will be available for interviews.
Those wishing to attend are asked to complete the attached reply form and fax it to the Communication Office at the establishment of their choice.
The ESA TV service will provide live televised coverage of the launch with English commentary, between 07:00 and 08:00 CEST.
Satellite :,Astra 2C at 19 degrees East,Transponder 57, horizontal, MPEG-2, MCPC,Frequency : 10832 MHz,Symbol rate : 22 000 MS/sec,FEC : 5/6,Service name : ESA
Details of the transmission schedule and the various pre-launch video news releases can be found on http://television.esa.int
On the Cervantes launch special website at http://esa.int/Cervanteslaunch you can also find news, press releases, videos, images and more about the mission.
,For further information, please contact :,ESA Media Relations Service,Tel: [phone],Fax: [phone]
------------------------------------------------------------------------, ,CERVANTES LAUNCH AND DOCKING ACCREDITATION FORM,Launch on Saturday 18 October - Docking on Monday 20 October
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I will be attending the CERVANTES launch event (YES) - (NO),I will be attending the docking (YES) - (NO),at the following site:
( ) The Netherlands,Location : Space Expo at ESA/ESTEC,Address : Keplerlaan 3, Noordwijk, The Netherlands,Opening hours: Launch : 06:00 - 09h00 No docking transmission,Contact : Heidi Graf, Tel: [phone] - During event :,+31.71.36.46.446
( ) France,Location : ESA HQ, Room A ,Address : 8/10, rue Mario Nikis Paris 15, France,Opening hours: Launch : 06:45-08:00 Docking : 09:00 - 11:15 ,Contact: ,Anne du Fretay, Tel.[phone] - Mob. [phone],Brigitte Kolmsee , Tel: [phone] - Mob [phone]
( ) Italy,Location : ESA/ESRIN, Magellan Room,Address: Via Galileo Galilei, Frascati (Rome), Italy,Opening hours: Launch : 07:00 - 08:00 Docking : 08::45 - 11:00,Contact:,Franca Morgia : Tel: [phone] - Mob. [phone]
( ) Spain,Location: ESA jointly with CDTI,Address : Centro para el Desarrolo Tecnologico Industrial, Cid. 4 -,28001-Madrid, Spain,Opening hours: Launch : 06:00 - 08:00 Docking : 08:45 - 09:30,Contact: ,Monica Oerke, Tel: [phone],Ignacio Liorente, Tel: [phone]