ESA TV Exchanges 4 May 2001

The next ESA TV Exchanges will be transmitted on:

04 May 2001

09:15-09:30 GMT

Please note the satellite parameters below.

Satellite Navigation and the Car

This is the third story in a four part series about satellite navigation, which looks at the benefits that satellite navigation can have in everyday motoring. It features the latest technology from Wetzlar in Germany of in-car satellite navigation systems and how this can benefit the driver in finding the way round unknown cities.

Satellite Parameters:EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13 degrees East

F=12,47550 GHz, horizontal (MCPC)

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

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