Tracking Migrating Birds with Satellites / ESA TV Exchanges / 04-11-2005

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

04-Nov-05 10:15 – 10:30 GMT

Tracking Migrating Birds with Satellites

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay I: 4 November 16:00-16:15 GMT

Replay II: 5 November 11:30-11:45 GMT

The migration patterns of birds have intrigued researchers well before the spread of bird flu started to pose a threat to agriculture and possibly public health in Europe. Small satellite transmitters are used to follow the movements of bigger birds, and to find out more about their habits with the changing seasons.

Today’s transmission has been recorded in mountains and forests in Switzerland and France, and shows the use of these transmitters by ornothologists.

The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS42140.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 http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM08MD3M5E_index_0.html.

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.