Status Report

ESA TV: New Ten-Ton Ariane 5 Launch

By SpaceRef Editor
November 27, 2002
Filed under , ,

The ESA TV Service will provide extensive coverage for news programmes of the first launch of the Ten-Ton Ariane 5 scheduled for tomorrow, 28 November 2002, 22:21 GMT.

The following transmissions are planned (all times in GMT):

28-Nov-2002

13:00-13:15 GMT

Ariane 5 roll-out and launch preparations

(B-roll, clean int. sound)

ESA TV News

28-Nov-2002

23:00-23:15 GMT

Ariane 5 lift-off images

(B-roll, English launch commentary)

ESA TV News

29-Nov-2002

05:00-05:15 GMT

Ten-Ton Ariane 5 Launch Summary

(B-roll, clean int. sound)

ESA TV News

All transmissions will be on:

Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees East

Transponder B5, horizontal, ch B (MPEG-2, SCPC)

F=11.144 Mhz, SR=5.632 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 claus.habfast@esa.int.

SpaceRef staff editor.