Status Report

Cervantes Mission to the ISS / ESA TV Exchanges / 07-10-2003

By SpaceRef Editor
October 6, 2003
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The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

07-Oct-03 08:00 – 08:15 GMT

Cervantes Mission to the ISS

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay 1 – 7 October 18:45-19:00 GMT

Replay 2 – 11 October 09:00-09:15 GMT

On 18 October 2003, Spanish ESA astronaut Pedro Duque will be launched on a ten-day mission to the International Space Station.

This Exchange provides an overview of the experiments that Pedro Duque will perform. There are numerous Spanish language soundbites. Location recordings were made at ESTEC, in Star City and in Houston.

This Exchange comprises of a 5 minute A-roll with split audio (English commentary/international sound) and is complimented by a 8-minute B-Roll with clean international sound.

The script will be available on the ESA TV Website under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS31457.pdf

A preview MediaPlayer file is on line under http://esa.capcave.com/wmp/cervfin_17092003_wmphigh.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 Website at http://europa.eu.int/comm/ebs/index

More background information can be found on http://spaceflight.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.

SpaceRef staff editor.