Status Report

Mars Express Story no 3: Mars, the Rusty Planet / ESA TV Exchanges / 06-05-2003

By SpaceRef Editor
May 5, 2003
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The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

06-May-03 09:00 – 09:30 GMT

Mars Express Story no 3: Mars, the Rusty Planet

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay 1: 6 May, 18:30-19:00 GMT

Replay 2: 10 May, 09:15-09:45 GMT

Today’s transmission is the third in a series of five ESA TV Exchanges on Mars Express and Martian exploration in general. This programme provides a look at Mars, the Rusty Planet. Why is Mars red, and is there a link between the red colour of the Martian surface and the possible existence of life on this planet?

The programme comprises of a 7 minute A-roll with split audio (English commentary/international sound) and is complimented by a 20-minute B-Roll with clean international sound.

The script will be available on the day of transmission as a PDF document, under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS29595.pdf

A preview of the A-roll can be downloaded as a Media Player file from
http://esa.capcave.com/wmp/mxp2fin_21042003_wmphigh.wmv

This ESA TV Exchanges feed is transmitted by the European Commission’s “Europe by Satellite” (EbS) Service. You can find the complete transmission shcedule and download scripts and shot lists, also for ESA TV items, from the EbS Website at http://europa.eu.int/comm/ebs/index

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

Transmission details:EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13 degrees 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.

SpaceRef staff editor.