JASON – ESA TV Exchanges–info on feed 26/06/01

The next ESA TV Exchanges feed to be transmitted by the European Commission’s “Europe by Satellite” (EbS) service is:

JASON Presentation

Tuesday 26 June 2001

09:15-09:30 GMT

Jason is an oceanography mission to monitor global ocean circulation, discover the tie between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate predictions, and monitor events such as El NiÒo conditions and ocean eddies.

The Jason-1 satellite carries a radar altimeter and it is a follow-on mission to the highly successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission. It is joint mission between France and USA. The satellite will be launched in September, 2001.

This presentation carries mixed audio and French commentary, a script will be made available online tomorrow. Also, nearer to the launch date, a broadcast package about JASON will be released, which will carry split audio with international sound.

More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.cnes.fr

Satellite parameters:

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.