MSG Story 2 – History of Weather Forecasting / ESA TV Exchanges / 25-06-2002

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

25-Jun-02 13:00 – 13:15 GMT

MSG Story 2 – History of Weather Forecasting

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Please note unusual time of the original transmission. The first replay will, however, take place at the normal time of 18:45 GMT and this time will not be subjected to any change

Replay I: 25 June 02 18:45 – 19:00 GMT

Replay II: 30 June 02 07:00 – 07:15 GMT

This programme provides an overview of the history of weather forecasting and looks at how technology has led to an increase in the reliablilty of forecasts. In addition to this it outlines how ESA and EUMETSAT’s new Meteosat satellite, MSG (Meteosat Second Generation)will futher increase the accuracy of weather predictions particularly in the areas of local and short term forecasting.

A QuickTime preview of the programme can be seen by visiting the following URL:
http://esa.capcave.com/qt/MSG2_FINAL_21062002_qtlow.mov

The 5-minute A-roll contains split audio with an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll with international sound only. The script is on-line as of the end of today, as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS25503.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.