Lancement de Progress M-14M le 27 décembre 2011

On "Progress M-14M" will experience digital television for the ISS and Soyuz TMA-M

In November 2010, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome conducted field tests of technological layout of the new television system, "Tit-2, which was developed at the St. Petersburg Research Institute of Television."
It is designed for broadcast television "picture" with a series of ships of the Soyuz TMA-M and from the ISS and, in contrast to the current analogue television system "Klest-M", is digital. The system of "Tit-2" has considerably less mass and power consumption, and qualitatively better performance.
During the tests, the AN-2 with or without a transmitter of "Tit-2 flew over the spaceport, and the receiver system mounted on a television station" Orion ", performed using a television set. Station "Orion" is located near the 1-th site and at the Baikonur launching of the Soyuz spacecraft after it is broadcast television "picture".
For flight testing digital transmitter system "Tit-2" to the encoder to be installed on the Progress M-14M ", the launch is scheduled for December 27, 2011 In the event of a successful test transmitter will soon appear on the ISS, and then ships the series" The Soyuz TMA-M.