ESA’s Virtual Observatory in Spain / ESA TV Exchanges / 04-05-2007
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
04-May-07 09:10 – 09:25 GMT
ESA’s Virtual Observatory in Spain
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Replay 1: 4 May 15:00-15:15 GMT
Replay 2: 5 May, 10:30-10:45 GMT
ESAC (European Space Astronomy Centre) in Villafranca some 30 km west of Madrid is a new ESA Establishment mostly dedicated to the so-called science operations of ESA’s space telescopes and planetary missions. A major tool is the Virtual Observatory, a giant database which puts the past observation data from many missions at the fingertips of the astronomers in a compatible format — accessible via the Internet as if the whole Universe were online.
Today’s production shows the working of the Virtual Observatory and includes interviews with ESA experts at ESAC.
The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS51587.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/VOBS_14-12-06_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 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
This programme is also available in broadcast quality via ftp-transfer, from ftp://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/VOBS_14-12-06_mpeg2ps.mpg – please use your userid kcowing@reston.com and password 8dwnrd84 for fetching the file from the ESA TV server.
More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESAC/index.html.
Transmission details:
Sirius 2 at 4.8 degrees East, Transponder B1, Horizontal (Europe by Satellite)
F=11727.5 MHz, Symbol rate 27500 MS/sec, FEC 3/4
Audio pids: International sound=201 English=202
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.
With kind regards
ESA TV Service
