NASA will cover the launch of one live Orbital Cygnus Missionifsupply of the ISS space station, taking you to the launch pad with 360-degree video.
For the first time, the organization will broadcast 360 live live rocket video from its YouTube channel NASATelevision today at 18 April and 18 time: 00 in the afternoon.
Η NASA, Orbital ATK and United Launch Alliance (responsible for building the Atlas V rocket that will carry Cygnus to the space station) are placing four ultra-wide-angle cameras (fisheye) on the platform, about 100 meters from the missile. Nearby, a computer protected in a box, protected from the explosion, will send images in near real time. As with any 360 video, you can view it on your computer and play with your mouse pointer to see a panoramic view. Of course if you watch it with a VR Headset you will feel like you are really in the launch zone.
Transmission around 11: 01 am EDT, that is, around 18: 01 Greece time, 10 minutes before the launch of Atlas V starts. The video will be about one minute behind, after the computer has to process the photos.
