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Posted: 10:36 PM Jun 30, 2006
Shuttle Shots
A Topeka company is boldly going where no imagery has gone before. For the second time, QuVIS is capturing the launch of shuttle Discovery with high definition video, images that could detect a problem before it happens.
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QuVIS is getting an inside look into outerspace.
With more than 20 recorders inside cameras stationed on and around the launch pad, they're ready for lift off.
"There are pad cameras tracking the launch and lift off from the pad. There are tracker cameras. They track with long rage lenses down the field, and we have units mounted in WB-57 aircraft," said Jim Graham the Executive Vice President of QuVIS.
The information is capture and in minutes sent.
"It is sent usually via hard driver. In some cases they have an internal network they transfer their images on, those images go to analysis points at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Marshall in Huntsville Alabama and Kennedy," said Graham.
The video is processed immediately, capturing 60 frames a second.
Those instant images could detect a problem immediately. NASA was in search of high definition video after the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003.
QuVIS made its debut on the launch pad a year ago, and it took off from there with just a few changes.
"NASA wanted to make some adjustments so additional camera angles wanted to do things a little bit differently," said Graham.
Pending weather conditions, the launch is scheduled for 3:49 eastern Saturday from Kennedy's Space Center in Florida.
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