Europe’s New Weather Observatory/ESA TV Exchanges/21-06-2002

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

21-Jun-02 08:00 – 08:15 GMT

MSG Story 1 – The New Weather Observatory

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay I: 21 June 02 18:45 – 19:00 GMT

Replay II: 23 June 02 07:15 – 07:30 GMT

In August 2002, the first Meteosat Second Generation (MSG ) Satellites will be put into orbit by Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou. This is the first in a series of five programmes on this satellite and its mission. It focuses on the satellite and the improvements compared to the current Meteosat satellites, of which seven have been launched since 1977.

The 5-minute A-roll contains split audio with an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll with international sound only. The script is on-line as of the transmission, as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS25459.pdf

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/index.html

More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int.

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.