ESA and Disaster Monitoring / ESA TV Exchanges / 11-02-2005

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

11-Feb-05 10:15 – 10:30 GMT

ESA and Disaster Monitoring

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay I: 11 February 16:00-16:15 GMT

Replay II: 12 February 11:15-11:30 GMT

Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, flooding, forest fires
when major catastrophes strike, emergency operations require first and foremost precise information to act efficiently.

Since November 2000, an International Space and major Disasters Charter, has been operational, coordinating all available space resources worldwide each time a catastrophe arises.

The Charter has been triggered more than 70 times, the last time during the Tsunami that struck southeast Asia at Christmas. Today’s Programme outlines how ESA’s ESRIN Establishment contributes to the work of the Charter, and how satellite data are made available to relief organisations and civil protection agencies.

The script is on-line as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS38044.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/schedule.cfm

More background information can be found on http://www.disasterscharter.org/.

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.