Mars Express Mission / ESA TV Exchanges / 07-06-2002 – TIME CHANGE
ESA BROADCAST CENTRE
Dear Keith Cowing,
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
07-Jun-02 13:00 – 13:15 GMT
Mars Express Mission
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Please note the time change for the first transmission, 13:00 GMT instead of 12:00 GMT!
Replay I: 7 June 02 18:45 – 19:00 GMT
Replay II: 8 June 02 07:15 – 07:30 GMT
ESA’s first mission to Mars will be on its way to the Red Planet in one year from now. It will carry the sophisticated instruments to confirm the presence of water and/or ice on Mars, and to search for traces of past life. This programme provides a short overview of the mission and features some new 3-D computer graphics.
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 end of today, as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS25169.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://sci.esa.int/marsexpress.
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.
