2013 Preview

Date: Tue, Jan 08, 2013 | 07:30 - 07:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Replay: Tue, Jan 08, 2013 | 16:00 - 16:15 GMT | 17:00 - 17:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

2013 will be another great year for Europe in Space with launches and missions in several domains.

For launchers the second Vega flight is due in springtime but at the same time Ariane and Soyuz will continue their task from Europe's Space port in French Guiana.

In particular Ariane 5 will send another ATV to supply cargo to the International Space station.

The ISS will host another ESA astronaut, Luca Parmitano who will participate in a long duration flight between end of May till end of November.

Earth Observation missions are planned with another Earth Explorer, Swarm to study earth Magentic fields and later Sentinel 1 will be sent  into orbit, representing the first satellite of the the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme, a partnership between ESA,the European Commission and the European Environment Agency.

This video shows what will be 2013 highlights.

MPEG-4 preview link and MPEG-2 links to download 

Script:
EbS91286.doc

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.