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World's First Video Camera in Space to be Launched October 16
Benita Matilda
First Posted: Apr 06, 2013 08:34 AM EDT
The world's first video camera is all set to launch Oct. 16, 2013, within the Progress 53P Space Cargo Ship, aboard a Russian Soyuz Rocket.
The two UrtheCast cameras will be launched to the International Space Station along with a payload of space station supplies from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The two cameras, one medium-resolution still camera and one high-resolution video camera, were built in a joint effort along with RSC Energia, which is Russia's largest space organization, and RAL Space from the U.K. UrtheCast is currently in its final stage of implementing the world's first HD Earth video platform from space.
The two cameras will be fitted on the Zvezda Service Module of the Russian Segment of the ISS. This will be done during the crew spacewalk. Once the installation is complete, Earth images and videos will be transmitted to ground stations across the globe. This is possible with the high-speed downlink from the ISS, which will later be streamed to the web.
"This is a watershed moment for UrtheCast, paving the way for the rest of our plan as we work to complete a ground station network, the interactive UrtheCast web platform and rigorous camera testing. Being placed on the Russian Space Agency's Progress manifest solidifies a decisive step towards UrtheCast's official platform launch," Scott Larson, UrtheCast President and CEO, was quoted as saying in Latino Post.
The information transmitted will focus on environmental matters and political actions, and the UN plans to utilize these feeds for crisis monitoring.
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First Posted: Apr 06, 2013 08:34 AM EDT
The world's first video camera is all set to launch Oct. 16, 2013, within the Progress 53P Space Cargo Ship, aboard a Russian Soyuz Rocket.
The two UrtheCast cameras will be launched to the International Space Station along with a payload of space station supplies from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
The two cameras, one medium-resolution still camera and one high-resolution video camera, were built in a joint effort along with RSC Energia, which is Russia's largest space organization, and RAL Space from the U.K. UrtheCast is currently in its final stage of implementing the world's first HD Earth video platform from space.
The two cameras will be fitted on the Zvezda Service Module of the Russian Segment of the ISS. This will be done during the crew spacewalk. Once the installation is complete, Earth images and videos will be transmitted to ground stations across the globe. This is possible with the high-speed downlink from the ISS, which will later be streamed to the web.
"This is a watershed moment for UrtheCast, paving the way for the rest of our plan as we work to complete a ground station network, the interactive UrtheCast web platform and rigorous camera testing. Being placed on the Russian Space Agency's Progress manifest solidifies a decisive step towards UrtheCast's official platform launch," Scott Larson, UrtheCast President and CEO, was quoted as saying in Latino Post.
The information transmitted will focus on environmental matters and political actions, and the UN plans to utilize these feeds for crisis monitoring.
See Now: NASA's Juno Spacecraft's Rendezvous With Jupiter's Mammoth Cyclone