Cleanspace

Date: Tue, Feb 13, 2018 | 07:30 - 20:45 GMT | 08:30 - 21:45 CET

Replay: Tue, Feb 13, 2018 | 16:00 - 16:15 GMT | 17:00 - 17:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

The European Space Agency (ESA) is part of an international effort to monitor and – ultimately – tackle space debris. This junk – accumulated in orbit since the dawn of the space age sixty years ago – poses an increasing risk to operational spacecraft. 

ESA is developing missions to tackle the problem to help prevent a serious collision in space. The Agency is also monitoring possible dangers caused by fragments of redundant spacecraft falling to Earth, such as China’s space station Tiangong-1 – due to enter the atmosphere in the coming months.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/Clean_Space

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2018/01/Space_debris_-_efforts_to_clean_up_space

Script:
EFFORTS TO CLEAN UP SPACE_Debris_Euronews cutdown_FINAL (1).docx

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