ESA TV Exchanges–info on feed 11/05/01
Friday’s ESA TV Exchanges feed is transmitted by the European Commission’s “Europe by Satellite” (EbS) service. EbS has started to carry ESA TV Service programme items inside a special ESA TV Exchanges slot on Tuesdays and Fridays. Also, EbS has begun to include some ESA TV News items into its EbS News. 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.
11 May 2001
09:15-09:30 GMT
XEUS Presentation
XEUS is an imaginative mission under study by ESA. XEUS will be a long lived x-ray observatory in space with a sensitivity comparable to the most advanced future facilities such as NGST, ALMA and Hershel. The goal of XEUS is nothing less than the study of the first black holes, created whent the Universe was just a few percent of its current age.
XEUS is imagined to be built in two stages. First XEUS-1 would be launched like a satellite, or better, two satellites; however, the x-ray mirror block and the detector module are separated by several dozen meters, and are kept aligned to extreme accuracy in orbit. The second stage of XEUS involves the International Space Station. Its logistical capabilities and its robotic arm will be used to assemble in orbit a telescope with 30 sqm x-ray mirror size
This transmission outlines the concept of XEUS, told with 3-D graphics and real images, and comprises of a 4 minute A-roll with English commentary and a 9 minute B-roll with clean international sound
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.
