During the night of 28 February/1 March Envisat, ESA’s most powerful and
sophisticated Earth observation satellite, will be launched by an Ariane 5
rocket from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou at 22:07 hrs Kourou time (02:07
hrs CET).
Built by a consortium of 50 companies led by Astrium, Envisat is the
successor to ESA’s ERS satellites. With an array of ten instruments to
monitor land, oceans, atmosphere and ice caps, it will provide the most
complete set of observations ever achieved, to help scientists understand
how changes affect our climate and answer questions such as: Is the ozone
hole growing? What concentrations of greenhouse gases are to be found in
the atmosphere? What is the state of the El Niño current? What is the
state of the rain forest? How fast are ice caps melting?
Media representatives in Europe can follow the videotransmission of the
launch at ESA/Darmstadt (ESOC) in Germany, which will be acting as the
main European press centre, ESA/Noordwijk (ESTEC) in the Netherlands,
ESA/Frascati (ESRIN) in Italy, ESA/Villafranca (VILSPA) in Spain, and
Arianespace at Evry in France. At each site ESA specialists will be
available for interviews.
Media representatives wishing to attend are requested to complete the
attached reply form and fax it to the Communication Office at the
establishment of their choice.
The ESA TV Service will provide comprehensive coverage of the launch, via
satellite feeds. Details of the transmission schedule for the various
Video News Releases can be found on http://television.esa.int
The launch can be followed live on the internet broadband at
www.arianespace.com, starting at 01:45 hrs and lasting until 02:47 hrs.
ENVISAT LAUNCH ACCREDITATION FORM-
Launch on 28 February/1 March 2002
First name: ____________________________ Surname : ______________________ Media : _________________________________________________________________ Address : ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Tel : _____________________________ Fax : ____________________________ Mobile : __________________________ e-mail : __________________________ I will be attending the Envisat launch event at the following site: ( )Germany: Location: ESA/ESOC Address: Robert-Bosch Strasse 5, Darmstadt, Germany Opening hours: 23:00 - 04:00 hrs Press briefing: 06:30 - 8:00 hrs, Public telephone server for press briefing: +49 - 69 - 27 11 32 32(listen only) Contact point: Jocelyne Landeau-Constantin Tel:+49 6151 90 2696/2459 Fax: +49 6151 90 2961 Info line: +49 - 6151 - 90 26 09 ( ) The Netherlands Location : Space Expo for ESA/ESTEC Address: Keplerlaan 3, Noordwijk, The Netherlands Opening hours: 23.00 - 04.00 hrs Contact point: Heidi Graf Tel:+31 71 565 3006 during office hours Tel: +31 71 36 46 446 during launch night (Space Expo) Fax: +31 71 565 5728 Info line: +33. 71 565 8016 ( ) Italy Location: ESA/ESRIN Address: Via G. Galilei, Frascati (Rome), Italy Opening hours: 23:00 - 03:00 hrs Contact point: Franca Morgia Tel:+39.06.9418.0951 Fax:+39.06.9418.0952 ( ) Spain Location: ESA/VILSPA Satellite Station Address Villafranca del Castillo, Madrid Opening hours: 23:30 - 03:00 hrs Contact point: Valeriano Claros Tel:+34. 91. 813.1111 Fax:+34.91.813.1212 ( ) France Location: Arianespace Address: Boulevard de l'Europe, 91006 Evry Opening hours : 01:00 - 04:00 hrs Contact point : Odile Laborie Tel:+33.(0)1.60.87.60.13 Fax:+33.(0)1.60.87.63.04 Email: o.laborie@arianespace.fr Please complete the form and fax it to the site of your choice.
