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From time to time to time we upgrade our imagery equipment, cameras, [and] onboard the international space station. For video, we have had the Canon XF 305 cameras for a good six to eight years but they are not 4K, so we just purchased recently plenty of Canon XF 705 camcorders which are 4K UHD cameras. For daily use, those cameras will be set up for 720p 60 [HD] because it is the standard for the news media and for NASA Television.
We have started a project, basically end-to-end from the station all the way to the ground and to our video control center, to be able to do live 4K events from the station. Expected to be ready by year’s end, this could include interviews, demonstrations, educational events, messaging … Then if someone wants to do a live interview with a crew member for the Olympics Games, we would have the capability to do that [in 4K]. For the soccer World Cup, there could be a message in 4K from the ISS.
We will have 10 Canons on board at any one time, and then we have other cameras as well — smaller ones to get around in tight places. And then you also have the Red Helium’s for other certain uses. The Canon XF 705 is a pretty high-end prosumer camera that does an excellent job, but we have also cinematography cameras on board. We have a Red Helium that unfortunately malfunctioned.
The workflow from the ISS is well established. Currently, we have six live HD video channels that are streaming continuously 24/7. And, by the end of the calendar year, we will have eight HD channels that will be streaming continuously.For the moon, we are still, at this time, determining what cameras we’re going to fly because the moon mission is very different in that it’s not a 24/7 operation like the Space Station. It is missions that are going to fly once or twice a year.
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