BepiColombo Ariane 5 Live Launch

Date: Sat, Oct 20, 2018 | 01:15 - 02:30 GMT | 03:15 - 04:30 CEST

Type: ESA TV Live

Format: 16:9

This 19 October in Kourou at 22:45 (on 20 October at 1:45 UT and 3:45 CEST) Ariane 5 V245 will launch BepiColombo, an ESA / JAXA mission to understand the planet Mercury.

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

Follow the launch live: 

Video transmission will start 30 minutes before Lift off and cover all Ariane 5 flight phases until payload separation and BepiColombo Acquisition of Signal.

Launch highlights will be posted on ESA TV FTP server within one hour after end of video transmission. 

Server: tvdownload.esa.int
 Login: esa
Password: ftp4esa

Live transmission will be via sat (see details below) or webstream at https://livestream.com/ESA/BepiColomboLaunch

　

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