COROT
ESA TV Exchanges
Since its launch in December 2006, the COROT space observatory has already detected five extra-solar planets. The mission is led by the French space agency CNES, together with ESA and Brasilian participation. A further hundred possible cases of exoplanets remain to be analysed, and in the coming months COROT scientists expect to confirm the existence of at least half a dozen. Some of these could be habitable planets, harbouring life like our own. This A & B-Roll describes how COROT observations are being pursued, and the implications of its discoveries todate with ESA Project scientist Malcolm FRIDLUND and the CNES Exploitation manager, Olivier VANDERMARCQ.
For more info on this subject please check the shotlist that is online as a PDF file under :http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS59457.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under :
http://esa.contentcoders.com/mphi/COROT_TV_04-07-08_wmplow.wmv
The same set of files is also available on the e-vision ftp.
More backgroud information can