Ariane and French Guiana / ESA TV Exchanges / 17-09-2002

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

17-Sep-02 09:15 – 09:30 GMT

Ariane and French Guiana

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay I: 17 September 18:45 – 19:00 GMT

Replay II: 21 September 06:30 – 06:45 GMT

The Ariane family of launchers have been providing a reliable, economic and efficient means of placing satellites into orbit for more than twenty years. Launched from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, their efficiency has now won them over 50% of the commercial market.

This transmission focuses on how Ariane and its launch site meet the necessary criteria to place a satellite succesfully into orbit. It details the three key players in the industry, the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space Agency CNES and Arianespace and looks ahead to the next generation of launchers.

The programme comprises of an A-roll with split track and English commentary. The script will be made available on-line as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS26230.pdf. A Media Player pre-view can be downloaded from:
http://esa.capcave.com/wmp/arianefrguina_wmplow2.wmv

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.