Mercure is a telecommunications system developed by ESA and donated to UNEP [United Nations Environmental Programme] by the six European donor countries. The system uses two Intelsat satellites providing worldwide coverage. It is seen as a major contributor towards the acquisition of environmental data.
This film gives an overview of the Mercure programme - its aims, structure and functioning.

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00:09:30:00 clock
00:10:00:00 ESA logo
00:10:12:00 ESA copyright
10:00:22:00 ice melting
10:00:29:00 clouds
10:00:34:00 rainforest
10:00:39:00 ocean
10:00:44:00 people walking
10:00:59:00 smoke from a chimney
10:01:03:00 Mercure dish
10:01:11:00 title: Mercure - the Green Network
10:01:15:00 deer
10:01:16:00 mechanical digger
10:01:17:00 terrapin swimming
10:01:18:00 combine harvester
10:01:19:00 traffic in Bangkok
10:01:20:00 Indian man on boat
10:01:21:00 butterfly
10:01:22:00 cityscape - New York; orchid
10:01:23:00 digger in mud
10:01:24:00 man carrying straw
10:01:25:00 electricity pylon
10:01:26:00 cow eating grass
10:01:27:00 boats and people
10:01:28:00 shoals of fish
10:01:30:00 various of Earth summit, Rio de Janerio, June 1992
10:02:00:00 interview with Helge Onsrud [chairman Mercure governing board]
10:02:26:00 clouds
10:02:35:00 view of Earth from space
10:02:53:00 graphic of map of locations of ground stations
10:03:28:00 interview with Helge Onsrud
10:03:47