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UrtheCast - New cameras in Space!

Simon Dunne

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Here's the company;

www..urthecast.com (TXS Listed: UR)

They're installing 2 cameras on a Russian modlue of the ISS. 1 is for stills, the other for video. Specs of the video are hard to find, but i came across this;

•  High-resolution Camera (HRC) HD video camera @ 1.1 meter resolution / 3 fps
•  Rutherford Appleton Labs (RAL), in UK and MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA) have developed and built the cameras

http://investors.urthecast.com/interactive/lookandfeel/4388192/UR_ Investor_Presentation_October.pdf

"The cameras will capture raw data and compress it using the JPEG2000 algorithm"
http://blog.urthecast.com/space/how-it-works-urthecast/

Data link image: http://cdn.sciencefocus.com/sites/default/files/urthecast.jpg

I've read somewhere that the video camera is 4K, but can't find the link. At 3fps though, it seems a little pointless. Interesting non the less :)
 
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