NASA broadcasts high frequency HDTV television signals from international space stations

NASA will broadcast the first high-frequency television signal from the international space station next week.

The head of NASA, Rodney Grubbs said, " HDTV offers 6 times better resolution than conventional analog video. We used to use HDTV cameras before, but it wasn't until we conducted magnetic tape query tests, watched videos and shared it with a team of scientists, community organizations, and facilities.

Michael Lopez-Alegria expert on controller Expedition 14 Commander (Photo: NASA)

We are able to broadcast this television signal from space to earth for the first time . '

On Tuesday, the US National Space Station announced that it will partner with the Japan Space Station, Discovery HD Theater and Japan's NHK network provider to provide two lines'. live '. These special signals were brought into the air from November 15, on Discovery HD Theater, NHK and Discovery Channel.

Viewers will see expert Michael Lopez-Alegria on the Expedition 14 Commander controller at the international space station when air engineer Thomas Reiter controls the camera 220 miles away on Earth.

The entire crew on the shuttle Atlantis is equipped with HDTV signal recording and capturing equipment since September. Space Video Gateway system includes camcorder (video recorder), viewfinder (finder) image), lens, power cable, signal decoder HDTV, processor, hard drive and data cable. This system will transmit high-bandwidth digital television signals to the earth.

The resulting image is very useful for scientists, engineers and managers. It will certainly be spectacular for the audience to enjoy.

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