Ariane 5 – Looking Ahead to the Next Launch / ESA TV Exchanges / 04-04-2003
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
04-Apr-03 13:00 – 13:15 GMT
Ariane 5 – Looking Ahead to the Next Launch
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Replay 1: 04 April, 18:45-19:00 GMT
Replay 2: 05 April, 09:15-09:30 GMT
The next launch of Europe’s Ariane launcher is scheduled for the night 8-9 April. It will be followed with a lot of attention, although strictly speaking, it is not more than a routine launch of an Indian and a US-American elecommunications satellites by Ariane 5.
However, what would have been business as usual a few months ago is not in April 2003. In the night of 11 to 12 December 2002, the maiden flight of the 10-ton Airiane 5 failed, and just four weeks later, Arianespace and ESA decided that they would not launch ESA’s Rosetta cometary probe in January, which meant that the envisaged target-comet Wirtanen is now being reconsidered.
The upcoming Ariane 5 launch is an important step to reestablish confidence into Europe’s launcher sector and into Arianespace, the world’s first space transportation company. Today’s transmission provides story details and background images on this subject.
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/EbS29192.pdf.
A preview of the programme can be viewed under the following URL:
http://esa.capcave.com/wmp/ari5fin_03042003_wmplow.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://www.esa.int/launchers.
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.
