April 25, 2016
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., April 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What: Media are invited to attend a celebration to lay the keel for the Virginia-class submarine Delaware (SSN 791) at Newport News Shipbuilding. The ceremony is not open to the public. Who: Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, is the submarine’s sponsor. Ceremony participants will include Newport News Shipbuilding President Matt Mulherin and Navy and government representatives. HII will provide a live, multi-camera satellite broadcast of the keel-laying ceremony in its entirety. Satellite coordinates are below. When: Media Preview Event 10 a.m. Friday Media check-in: 9:30 a.m. Keel-Laying Ceremony 11 a.m. Saturday Media check-in: 10 a.m. Where: For Friday’s and Saturday’s events, media will park in designated spots in the second-shift area of Newport News Shipbuilding’s North Yard parking lot (see directions below). Media will be transported by bus to and from the site. The event will be held outside the Supplemental Module Outfitting Facility (SMOF). RSVP: Confirmation of attendance is required. Please RSVP by noon on Thursday. You must present a photo ID and be U.S. citizen to be admitted to the event. Please RSVP to: Christie Miller, Huntington Ingalls Industries, (757) 380-3581 Christine.Miller@hii-co.comPlease note that this is an industrial setting. Long pants, shirts with sleeves covering shoulders and flat, sturdy, closed-toe shoes are required attire.
HII will use #SSN791 and #USSDelaware as the social media hashtags for this event. An online press kit for the event is available at:
A webcast of the event will be provided at: /. A live, multi-camera satellite broadcast of the event will also be provided. Satellite information is as follows:
Satellite: Galaxy 17 (91 degrees west)
Transponder: KU Digital 02K upper (18mhz)
Downlink Frequency: 11749.0000 MHz
Downlink Polarity: Vertical
FEC: 3/4
Symbol Rate: 14.385617
DVBS, QPSK transmission, 4:2:0, 1080i
Window time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Saturday
Directions to Media Parking:
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