Today on the ESA TV Service Schedule – Eutelsat Hot Bird; Mars Express

Today’s transmission of the ESA TV Service includes:

06-Jul-01 11:00 – 11:15 GMT

ESA’s mission to Mars

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Please note the change of transmission time, which is now 11:00-11:15 GMT.

Friday’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:

There are many reasons to explore the other planets and the smaller bodies in our Solar system. It is thought that Mars once had water on its surface, and an atmosphere. But where have these disappeared, and why? Also the question whether there was once life on Mars is heavily debated among scientists.

Today’s transmission is the second in a series of three programmes on planetary exploration. It outlines the main past missions to Mars, their successes and failures, and describes ESA’s first Martian mission, Mars Express, scheduled for launch in 2003. The last programme feature Huygens/Cassini and is transmitted next week.

The programme includes an A-roll with split audio and English voiceover, and a B-roll with clean international sound.

A PDF file of the script is on line on the ESA TV Service Web site.

More background information can be found on http://sci.esa.int/marsexpress.

Transmission details: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, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For other enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail chabfast@estec.esa.nl.