ESOC: Mapping a Route Through Space / ESA TV Exchanges / 08-11-2005
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
08-Nov-05 10:15 – 10:30 GMT
ESOC: Mapping a Route Through Space
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Replay I: 8 November 16:00-16:15 GMT
Replay II: 12 November 11:30-11:45 GMT
Finding your way in space is no easy task. Navigating around the stars is the difficult and risky job of ESOC – the European Centre of Space Operations in Germany.
Todays Exchange presents, on the eve of the Venus Express launch, how ESA’s missions into deep space are planned and the orbits tracked.
The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS42202.pdf
A pre-view video clip can be downloaded from http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mplo/esoc1_07112005_wmplow.wmv (Media Player, 4.3 MB) or http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mp4/esoc1_07112005_mpg4.mov (Quicktime 22.6 MB)
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
More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMR7U3J2FE_index_2.html.
Transmission details: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, 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.
