Status Report

Space Food for Gourmets / ESA TV Exchanges / 07-03-2007

By SpaceRef Editor
March 7, 2007
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The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:

07-Mar-07 09:30 – 09:45 GMT

Space Food for Gourmets

ESA TV Exchanges

Background information on the transmission:

Replay 1: 7 March 14:00-14:15 GMT

Replay 2: 10 March, 11:30-11:45 GMT

The daily life of astronauts in space is always of interest – this is why today’s Exchange gives an overview of the meals served on the ISS on normal days and at special occasions. The programme also outlines the underlying nutritional and psychological factors that determine what astronauts are eating when in orbit.

The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS51186.pdf

A WMV preview clip is online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/space%20food_06-03-07_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

A broadcast quality Mpeg-2 file (975 MB) is online. If you don’t have your ftp-userid and password yet, please go to http://television.esa.int/subscribe.cfm

This programme is also available in broadcast quality via ftp-transfer, from ftp://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/SPACEFOOD_01-02-07_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.

Transmission details:

NEW SATELLITE COORDINATES:

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.

SpaceRef staff editor.