ESA TV Footage–info feed 11 April 2001

The next ESA TV Footage feed will be transmitted on

Wednesday 11 April 2001

11:00-12:00 GMT

Please note the transmission parameters below.

The ESA TV footage feed includes the following three items:

1) THE FIRST EUROPEAN EN ROUTE TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (15 minutes, 11:00-11:15 GMT). This item is ESA’s Video News Release for the mission of Umberto Guidoni to the International Space Station. It is made of a 3-minute A-roll (English voiceover, split audio), and a 12-minute B-roll with clean, international sound. The B-roll includes the following shots:

10:03:02 GVs ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni training with NASA

10:03:43 Graphics: The International Space Station

10:04:18 Graphics: Raffaello (the ASI-built module for the Space Station)

10:04:32 GVs Construction of Raffaello

10:05:10 Graphics: The Canadian robotic arm for the Space Station

10:05:24 GVs construction of the Canadian robotic arm

10:05:49 Archive: NASA shuttle launch

10:06:52 Archive: Umberto Guidoni’s first spaceflight with NASA, 1996

10:07:15 Archive: experiments in space

10:08:00 GVs astronauts construct the International Space Station

10:10:56 Views of the Earth from space

10:11:42 I/Vs ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni (English)

10:13:01 I/Vs ESA astronaut Umberto Guidoni (Italian)

2) INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION: FIVE MONTHS INTO CREWED OPERATIONS (20 minutes, 11:20-11:40 GMT). The International Space Station has been manned scince the Expedition One Crew was launched on 2 November 2000. A considerable amount of in-orbit construction to the ISS has taken place with missions in December, January, February and March. One of the more recent missions, STS-98, took up and attached the Destiny laboratory which made the ISS the largest Space Station ever flown.
This 3 minute edited video with English commentary features the highlights of missions to the International Space Station since it was manned in Novmeber last year. The A-roll is complimented by a longer B-roll with clean international sound.

3) DISASTER MANAGEMENT WITH SATELLITES (12 minutes, 11:45-12:00 GMT): This item was first transmitted on 3 April 2001 and is replayed, today, as part of the wekly ESA footage feed. Natural disaster has always been one of man’s most unpredictable dangers. But satellites in orbit, initially launched for earth observation for scientific research, are becoming valuable allies in our effort to predict natural disasters and facillitate rescue operations. This transmission presents an ESA and CNES initiative for the cooperation of all space agencies in pooling resources to help regions where disaster has struck, including free provision of satellite data for ground-based rescue teams.
The transmission contains examples of the use of ESA and CNES Earth Observation satellites for earthquake monitoring, oil pollution detection, flood monitoring and damage assessment following such natural disasters. It also includes soundbites by ESA and CNES experts; Jerome Bequignon (Applications engineer Earth Observation), Jacques Breton (Special advisor for disaster management),and Pascal Michel (Cartographer).

Satellite parameters for all three items:

Eutelsat W1, 10 degrees East

Transponder B5, channel 2 (digital, horizontal)

F=11.14375 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

MPEG-2 (4:2:0)

MCR: Tel +31 71 565 6322, Fax +31 71 565 6340

PID-codes (Hex): audio 24, video 21, text 0, PCR 21

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.