Cassini Science on the Eve of the Titan Fly-By / ESA TV Exchanges / 22-10-2004

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

22-Oct-04 08:30 – 08:45 GMT

Cassini Science on the Eve of the Titan Fly-By

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay I: 22 October 18:45-19:00 GMT

Replay II: 23 October 13:45 -14:00 GMT

Since insertion into an orbit around Saturn on 1 July, Cassini-Huygens has sent back impressive observations of the most complex planetary system we know.

On the eve of a close fly-by (1200 km) of Titan, Saturn’s big satellite, on 26 October, a TV Exchange provides a summary of results obtained so far, plus an outlook on the fly-by which will deliver truly spectacular images, in the morning hours of 27 October.

The results so far feature Cassini observations of Saturn’s rings, of its satellites including Titan, and of the planetary environment, notably the magnetic field.

The script will be on-line as of 21 October as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS36583.pdf

This ESA TV Exchanges feed is transmitted by the European Commission’s “Europe by Satellite” (EbS) service. You can find the complete transmission schedule and download scripts and shot lists, also for ESA TV items, from the EbS Web site at http://europa.eu.int/comm/ebs/schedule.cfm

More background information can be found on www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens.

Transmission details:EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13° East (DVB/MPEG-2)

Horizontal, F=12,476 MHz (MCPC, Europe by Satellite)

SR=27,500 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

For further information, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For other enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail claus.habfast@esa.int.