Mars Express arrives on Mars: pre-event B-roll / ESA TV News / 24-12-2003

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

24-Dec-03 13:00 – 13:15 GMT

Mars Express arrives on Mars: pre-event B-roll

ESA TV News

Background information on the transmission:

Pre-event footage recorded on the day at ESA’s Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, where ground controllers get ready for the arrival of Mars Express at the red planet.

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

Transmission details:Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees east

Transponder B4, vertical, upper channel 3 (SCPC, DVB)

F=11,097.5 MHz, SR=5.632 MS/sec, FEC=3/4

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