Venus Express Ready for its Arrival at Destination / ESA TV Exchanges / 14-03-2006
UPDATE
The ESA transmission on Tuesday 14/3 of ” Venus Express – ready for its arrival at his destination” has been postponed until Wednesday 15/3 at 7.45 GMT and 19.00 GMT due to the European Parlement live transmissions.
We apologize for this late notice.
For further information and a daily update of the transmission schedule, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For all enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail claus.habfast@esa.int.
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
14-Mar-06 10:15 – 10:30 GMT
Venus Express Ready for its Arrival at Destination
ESA TV Exchanges
Background information on the transmission:
Replay 1: 14 March 2006, 16:00-16:15 GMT
Replay 2: 18 March 2006, 11:30-11:45 GMT
ESA’s Venus Express Probe will arrive at destination in four weeks, on 11 April at around 09:00 GMT. This will involve a one-hour burn of its main engine to decelerate the space probe enough so that it can be captured by Venus’ gravity. This is a periluous operation, and ESA has done everything to ensure its success. Venus Express is the first probe to visit Venus in 15 years. Its objective is a comprehensive investigation of the atmosphere of Earth’s sister planet, which is very different from ours which might provide clues for better understanding the history and future evolution of our own atmosphere.
Today’s Exchange provides the pre-event story for the Venus Express Orbit Insertion on 11 April, which will be covered live by ESA TV from ESOC in Darmstadt, Germany.
The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/VEX14032006.pdf
Preview clips are online under http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mp4/vexinsrt_11032006_mpg4.mov (Quicktime, 27.4 MB) and http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mplo/vexinsrt_11032006_wmplow.wmv (Media Player, 2.7 MB)
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
More background information can be found on http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/.
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.
