ESA TV Exchanges–info on feed 29/05./01
The next ESA TV Exchanges, “Artemis Story II – Novel telecommunications services for Europe” will be transmitted on:
Tuesday 29 May 2001
09:15-09:30 GMT
Please note the transmission parameters, on Eutelsat Hot Bird, below.
In the summer of 2001, ESA’s next-generation telecommunications satellite, Artemis (Advanced Relay and Technology Satellite) will be launched on Ariane 5.
The ESA TV Service has produced a series of three pre-event Exchanged Programmes with background footage on this satellite. It will also cover the launch preparations and launch extensively.
The second programme provides information on what makes Artemis an advanced telecommunications satellite. Artemis will the first satellite of its kind to combine 3 different payloads:
- Mobile communications
- Satellite Navigation
- Direct satellite to satellite communications
This programme focuses on how, by using these different payloads, Artemis will play a major role in natural disaster management and also as an in orbit data relay system between the International Space Station and Europe.
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.html
The “Europe by Satellite” transmission parameters are:
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 and a daily update of the transmission schedule, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For all enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail chabfast@hq.esa.fr.
