Planck – ESA’s Time Machine / ESA TV Exchanges / 01-06-2007
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
01-Jun-07 09:10 – 09:25 GMT
Planck – ESA’s Time Machine
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Replay 1: 1 June 15:00-15:15 GMT
Replay 2: 2 June 10:30-10:45 GMT
In about one year, ESA will launch Planck, a satellite to map the cosmic background radiation with unprecedented accuracy. Many features of the early universe are still unexplained, and need assumptions like the existence of “dark energy” to describe the formation of the very first galaxies. Planck is expected to help shedding more light on these mysteries.
This Exchange includes soundbites by NASA scientist George Smoot who received the 2006 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the cosmi background radiation.
The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS51998.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/PLANCK_12-04-07_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 schedule and download scripts and shot lists, also for ESA TV items, from the EbS Web site at http://europa.eu.int/comm/ebs/schedule.cfm
This programme is also available in broadcast quality via ftp-transfer, from ftp://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/PLANCK_12-04-07_mpeg2ps.mpg – please use your userid kcowing@reston.com and password 8dwnrd84 for fetching the file from the ESA TV server.
More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/esaSC/120398_index_0_m.html.
Transmission details:
Sirius 2 at 4.8 degrees East, Transponder B1, Horizontal (Europe by Satellite)
F=11727.5 MHz, Symbol rate 27500 MS/sec, FEC 3/4
Audio pids: International sound=201 English=202
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.
