Today on the ESA TV Service Schedule 23 Feb 2001
Today’s transmission of the ESA TV Service includes:
23-Feb-01 14:00 – 14:30 GMT
Story 1 on Satellite navigation
How does GPS work and where is it used
Background information on the transmission:
During the next four weeks, the ESA TV Service will transmit a four-part series of short, topical stories on satellite navigation, particularly on its use in cars and road traffic management.
Today’s transmission explains how satellite positioning and navigation using the Global Positioning System (GPS) works, and it looks into the limitations of the GPS system, particularly for safety-critical areas like commercial air traffic navigation.
Each of the four transmissions is made of a 4-minute A-roll and a B-roll. The A-roll carries split audio tracks (English and ambient sound), and the B-roll clean international sound.
More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/export/esaSA/navigation.html.
Transmission details:Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees East
Transponder B5, horizontal, dig ch 1 (SCPC)
F=11.13475 MHz, SR=5.632 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 chabfast@estec.esa.nl.
