Integral: The Gamma Ray Burst / ESA TV Exchanges / 20-09-2002

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

20-Sep-02 08:30 – 09:00 GMT

Integral: The Gamma Ray Burst

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay I: 20 September 18:30 – 19:00 GMT

Replay II: 21 September 06:45 – 07:15 GMT

Gamma ray bursts pose one of the greatest mysteries of modern astronomy. About once per day, the sky above our heads lights up with a flash practically invisible to the naked eye but yet very spectacular: a burst of gamma rays. These are perhaps the most violent events in the universe but at present, we don’t even know what causes them.

Todays programme outlines how ESA’s Integral gamma ray observatory will to be launched on 17 October 2002 will hunt for gamma rays. It includes recordings made at scientific institutes in Denmark and Switzerland.

The programme comprises of an A-roll with split track and English commentary and is complemented by a B-Roll with clean international sound.The script will be made available on-line as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS26231.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.

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.