MAXUS 4 – ESA’s most powerful sounding rocket / ESA TV Exchanges / 27-11-2001
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
27-Nov-01 10:15 – 10:30 GMT
MAXUS 4 – ESA’s most powerful sounding rocket
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
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
On 22 April 2001, the 4th Maxus sounding rocket was launched from the ESRANGE range in Northern Sweden. Maxus is Europe’s biggest sounding rocket, providing experiments with more than 12 minutes of microgravity. Today’s transmission outlines the raison d’Ítre of such launches from near the polar circle, and illustrates the last launch preparations. It also includes, for the first timne, time lapse recordings of an ESA sounding rocket launch.
The 4-minute A-roll contains split audio with an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll. The script of the programme will be posted on line tomorrow under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS22751.pdf
More background information can be found on .
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.
