SMART-1: with sun power to the moon / ESA TV Exchanges / 28-03-2003

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
28-Mar-03 09:15 – 09:30 GMT

SMART-1: with sun power to the moon

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay 1: 28 March, 19:45-20:00 GMT

Replay 2: 29 March, 10:15-10:30 GMT

This summer ESA’s SMART-1 mission will be using solar power to travel to the moon and perform a programme of scientific investigation. The spacecraft will be presented to the media on 03 April at ESTEC in The Netherlands. This transmission provides an overview of the mission as pre-event footage for the media day.

The programme comprises of a 5 minute A-roll with split audio (English commentary/international sound) and is complimented by a B-Roll with clean international sound.

The script will be available on the day of transmission as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS29151.pdf.

A preview of the programme can be viewed under the following URL:
http://esa.capcave.com/wmp/smart11_10032003_wmpd.wmv

This ESA TV Exchanges feed is transmitted by the European Commission’s “Europe by Satellite” (EbS) Service. You can find the complete transmission shcedule and download scripts and shot lists, also for ESA TV items, from the EbS Website at http://europa.eu.int/comm/ebs/index

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

Transmission details:EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13 degrees 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