ESA TV Service 2 May 2003
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
02-May-03 09:00 – 09:15 GMT
Mars Express Story no 2
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Replay 1: 2 May, 18:30-19:00 GMT
Replay 2: 3 May, 09:15-09:45 GMT
Early June, ESA will launch Mars Express, its first mission to another planet. Today’s transmission is the second in a series of five ESA TV Exchanges on this mission and Martian exploration in general. This programme provides a summary of the Mars Express Mission focusing on the logistics of sending the Spacecraft to the Red Planet.
The programme comprises of a 7 minute A-roll with split audio (English commentary/international sound) and is complimented by a 20-minute B-Roll with clean international sound.
The script will be available on the day of transmission as a PDF document, under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS29577.pdf
A preview of the A-roll can be downloaded as a Media Plater file from
http://esa.capcave.com/wmp/mxp2fin_21042003_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 shcedule 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://sci.esa.int/marsexpress.
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.
