Marco Polo Mission / ESA TV Exchanges / 16-04-2002

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

16-Apr-02 12:00 – 12:15 GMT

Marco Polo Mission

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

The transmission time for Tuesdays first transmission of the programme has changed due to the broadcasting of plenary sessions on EbS.

Replay I: 16 Apr 02 18:45 – 19:00 GMT

Replay II: 20 Apr 02 07:15 – 07:30 GMT

On the 25 April 2002 ESA Astronaut Roberto Vittori will be launched on board a Russian Soyuz vehicle to the International Space Station. The mission is codenamed ‘Marco Polo’ and during his 10 days in space Roberto Vittori will carry out a number of ESA and ASI experiments.

This is the second of two programme about the astronaut and his mission. It focuses on the four experiments that he will carry out during his eight days onboard the ISS.

The 5-minute A-roll contains split audio with an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll with international sound only, including sound bites with ESA scientists. The script will be on-line shortly, as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS24592.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://spaceflight.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.