ESA TV Exchanges – Artemis Story III
Tuesday’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. 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.
5 June 2001
08:30-08:45 GMT
Artemis Story III – The Payloads
On 12 July 2001, ESA’s next-generation telecommunications satellite, Artemis (Advanced Relay and Technology Satellite) will be launched on Ariane 5.
The ESA TV Service has produced a series of three pre-event Exchanged Programmes with background footage on this satellite. It will also cover the launch preparations and launch extensively.
This is the third programme in the series and concentrates on the three differenct payloads which are designed for three specific functions:
Voice and data communications between mobile terminals- mainly for cars, trucks, trains of boats.
Broadcasting accurate navigation information as an element of Europe’s EGNOS.
Sending high data communications directly between satellites.
Artemis boasts many innovative technological features, not least of which are its ion thrusters. These will enable the spacecraft to maintain an orbital position without carrying large masses of chemical propellant.
This programme comprises of a 5 minute A-roll with English commentary and is complemented by a longer 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.
