NASA will cover the launch of an Orbital Cygnus live Missionof resupplying the ISS space station, taking you to the launch pad with 360-degree video.
For the first time, the agency will broadcast live 360-degree video of the rocket launch from the channel of on Youtube NASATelevision today at 18 April and 18 time: 00 in the afternoon.
Η NASA, the Orbital ATK and the United Launch Alliance (responsible for the construction of the Atlas V missile to transport Cygnus to the space station) place four ultra-wide-angle (fisheye) cameras on the platform, about 100 meters from the rocket. Nearby, a computer protected within a box, from the explosion, will send images in near real-time. As with any 360 video, you can see it on your computer and play with your mouse pointer to see a panoramic view. Of course, if you see it with VR Headset you will feel like you really are in the launch zone.
The broadcast around 11:01 am. EDT, which is around 18:01 p.m Greeces, 10 minutes before the Atlas V launch begins. The video will be about a minute behind, since the computer has to process the pictures.
