ATV Presentation – Time Change / ESA TV Exchanges / 05-04-2002

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

05-Apr-02 09:45 – 10:00 GMT

ATV Presentation – Time Change

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Please note the change in time of the original transmission.

Replay I: 05 Apr 02 19:45 – 20:00 GMT

Replay II: 06 Apr 02 08:30 – 08:45 GMT

One of Europe’s largest contributions to the International Space Station will be the Automated Transfer Vehicle). It is essentially a supply ship for the ISS and will launched on the Ariane 5 rocket.

The ATV will carry up to nine tonnes of cargo including provisions, scientific payloads and rocket propellant. Once docked, the craft can use its motor to boost the station higher in its orbit, thus counteracting the faint drag from the Earth’s atmosphere.. This transmission provides an overview of the ATV including 3D graphic animations and real images of the ATV at ESA’s ESTEC site in The Netherlands.

The 5-minute A-roll contains split audio with an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll with international sound only, including sound bites with ESA scientists. The script is on-line as of the end of today, as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS24534.pdf

This 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

More background information can be found on .

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 claus.habfast@esa.int.

With kind regards

ESA TV Service