What: America (LHA 6) Christening

When: 10 a.m. (Central) Saturday, Oct. 20 LHA 6 Christening

MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

Ingalls will broadcast the christening of America (LHA 6) live from the ceremony. Satellite window will open at 9:30 am (Central) and remain open for 30 minutes post-ceremony.

There will be a test of the broadcast at 12:00 (Central) on Friday, Oct. 19.

HII POC: Beci Brenton, Huntington Ingalls Industries, 757-880-3934, [email protected]

Satellite Coordinates:

Service: 4.5MHz KU BAND DOMESTIC SPACE

Source: GALAXY 17 91W 4.5MHz (K) SAT Access Tel: 001 404 381 2600

Channel/Frequency: TXP 21K SLOT B (U/L: 14413.25 V, D/L: 12113.25 H)

Service: US SD KU DOWNLINK & ONPASS TO VISTA

Source: GALAXY 17 91W 4.5MHz (K)

Channel/Frequency: TXP 21K SLOT B (U/L: 14413.25 V, D/L: 12113.25 H)

Video Std: 525 NTSC .

No. Audio Channels: Audio: 1 Pair (2ch) .

Symbol Rate: 3.31 Msym/s

FEC: 3/4

Aspect Ratio : SD 4.3 (Default) .

Modulation : DVBS-QPSK (Default) 35%

MPEG : 420 MPEG 2

Encryption: No Encryption

About Huntington Ingalls

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) designs, builds and maintains nuclear and non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard and provides after-market services for military ships around the globe. For more than a century, HII has built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder. Employing more than 37,000 in Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana and California, its primary business divisions are Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding. For more information, visit: