ESA TV Service Schedule
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
19-Dec-05 10:15 – 10:30 GMT
Meteosat Update December 2005
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Replay I: 19 December 16:00-16:15 GMT
Replay II: 24 December 11:30-11:45 GMT
The launch of Meteosat-9 on Ariane 5 is scheduled for 21 December 2005 at 22:33 GMT. This Exchange provides pre-event footage outlining how Meteosat contributes to weather forecasts used by everybody every day, and why global change will make accurate and timely weather information more important.
The Exchange also includes images of Meteosat-9 being prepared for launch in Kourou, and general Ariane-5 footage.
The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS42929.pdf
A pre-view video clip can be downloaded from http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mplo/mtsat05_16122005_wmplow.wmv (Media Player, 1.9 MB) or http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mp4/mtsat05_16122005_mpg4.mov (Quicktime 10.1 MB)
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
Meteosat-9 is launched by Arianespace on behalf of EUMETSAT. The live launch transmission can be made available to broadcasters upon request, at the BT tower in London and at the Paris TV tower (Serte).
More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMP2Z808BE_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.
