Latest from Kourou on BepiColombo

Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2018 | 16:00 - 16:30 GMT | 18:00 - 18:30 CEST

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

This 19 October in Kourou at 22:45 (20 October at 1:45 UT) Ariane 5 V245 will launch BepiColombo, an ESA / JAXA mission to understand the planet Mercury.

One of ESA’s cornerstone missions, BepiColombo will study and understand the composition, geophysics, atmosphere, magnetosphere and history of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner Solar System.

BepiColombo will provide the best understanding of Mercury to date. It consists of two individual orbiters: the ESA Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) to map the planet, and the JAXA Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) to investigate its magnetosphere.

This feed will show the latest images of the preparation of BepiColombo and Ariane with interviews of this mission managers in English, Japanese, French and German.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/BepiColombo

Satellite Parameters:

Eutelsat 7B @ 7deg East
TXP B2 CHANNEL 2L (6MHz)
D/link fr.: 11012.50 MHz POL X
Signal: HD 1080i/50 MPEG4/H264 4:2:0 
SR: 4.9373 Ms/s FEC: 3/4 Mod: DVBS2/8PSK
Pilot:On Roll-off 0.2 DR:10.7514 Mbps
Audio 1 English mono
Audio 2 French mono
Audio 3/4 Intl mono

For any inquiries regarding satellite or ftp reception please contact the ESA TV production team:
Dominique Detain at dominique.detain@esa.int  / tel + 33 685 114 681
Chris Courtenay Taylor at chrisct@worldwidepictures.tv / tel + 44 7774 275 951