The European Space Agency ESA on the 28 March 2002 revealed the crucial first two observations from its newest environmental satellite Envisat. Two large prints were unveiled at a press conference in Frascati near Rome, Italy, marking the beginning of the Earth's biggest health scan ever. One image focused on Antarctica and the issue of global warming.
Although only in orbit for a few days, Envisat was already providing scientists with clues to important questions. An encouraging start for ESA's newest satellite - as it promises to shed light on the controversies surrounding man's impact on the planet.
This programme includes images of the unveiling, plus video graphics and animations of these first images. Soundbites by leading scientists from France, the UK and Germany comment on the data.
The programme includes a 4-minute A-roll with English voive-over (split audio) and a 10-minute B-roll with clean, international sound.
Program me also called : Envisat provides first health check of Earth

02:16:55 SLATE: Enivsat provides first health check of Earth
02:17:00 SLATE: URL for script information
02:17:05 SLATE: Contents
02:17:10 SLATE: A-Roll
02:17:15 A-ROLL
02:20:20 SLATE: B-Roll
02:20:24 SLATE: Envisat FIrst Radar Image, Larsen Ice Shelf (Antarctica), ASAR Instrument,18/03/02
02:20:29 SLATE: 1) 3-D Graphics of Envisat taking first image, 2) Ascending path, 3) Same Path with zoom on new giant iceburgs, 4) Descending path
02:20:34 1) 3-D Graphics of Envisat taking first image
02:20:53 2) Ascending path
02:21:07 3) Same path with zoom on new giant iceburgs
02:21:35 4) Descending path
02:21:55 SLATE: Envisat first optical image, West Coast Africa (Mauritania), MERIS insturment, 23 March 2002
02:22:00 MERIS instrument image of Mauritania
02:23:01 SLATE: Scientists inspecting Enivsat first data
02:23:01 Unveiling of first image and scientists inspecting data
02:25:02 SLATE: Enivsat animations
02:25:08 Enivsat animations
02:25:57 SLATE: Envisat launch highlights
02:26:03 Enivsat laun