LIVE TV

Astronaut Thomas Reiter was live-linked from the International Space Station into the studio of a popular quiz show in Germany. I prepared the procedure and scripted it in detail.
This is a typical PR activity for crewed space missions, but similar occasions have been used for promotional purposes in the past. The TV signal is downlinked during the ISS overpass of Russia via the Roscosmos network of ground stations, then fed into the control centre in Moscow, re-transmitted via satellite to the ISS hub in Bavaria and again uplinked via satellite to the TV broadcaster. It is one of the trickiest setups I have ever managed due to its technical and political requirements.

TV link routed via Moscow and München
Script and management: Adam Majorosi