Roberto Vittori / ESA TV Exchange / 12-04-2002

The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

12-Apr-02 09:15 – 09:30 GMT

Roberto Vittori

ESA TV Exchange

Background information on the transmission:

Replay I: 12 Apr 02 18:45 – 19:00 GMT

Replay II: 13 Apr 02 07:30 – 07:45 GMT

On the 25 April 2002 ESA Astronaut Roberto Vittori will be launched on board a Russian Soyuz vehicle to the International Space Station. The mission is codenamed ‘Marco Polo’ and during his 10 days in space Roberto Vittori will carry out a number of ESA and ASI experiments.

This is the first in a two-part series about the astronaut and his mission. This first programme focuses on the Italian astronaut and his training at Star City. The second programme, which will be transmitted on Tuesday 16 April, will look more closely at the mission itself and the various experiments that Roberto Vittori will be carrying out.

The 5-minute A-roll contains split audio with an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll with international sound only, including sound bites with ESA scientists. The script is on-line as of the end of today, as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS24546.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 .

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.