ESA TV Exchanges–info on feed 08/05/01

Today’s 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/index.html

Please note the transmission parameters, on Eutelsat Hot Bird, below.

Background information on the transmission

In the summer of 2001, ESA’s next-generation telecommunications satellite, Artenis (Advanced Relay and Technology Satellite) will be launched on Ariane 5.

The ESA TV Service has produced a series of three pre-event Exchange Programmes with background footage on this satellite. It will also cover the launch preparations and launch extensively.

The first programme puts Artemis into the historic context of the development of satellite telecommunications since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, and into that of ESA’s space application activities. Soundbites by Pietro Lo Galbo, Head of ESA’s Telecommunications Department, outline the progress made in satellite communications and ESA’s role in this segment dominated by commercial operators.

The “Europe by Satellite” transmission parameters are:

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 and a daily update of the transmission schedule, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For all enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail chabfast@hq.esa.fr.