Space → The coolest thing I have done all week.
So I just controled a webcam, in space, from work.
Win.
The quality is terrible and it’s really just a still that is updated every few seconds. The quality is so bad that I thought it might be a joke and not real. But it seems to check out for the 2 mins I spent seeing if it’s real.
“The Tate Satellite was launched on June 6th 2002. It is currently orbiting at an orbital velocity of 7.67 km/sec approximately 400km from earth in a polar to polar low earth orbit. The satellite orbits earth every 92.56 mins and traverses the entire globe in the course of 15.56 orbits – 24 hours – 1 day.
Tate Satellite is a pilot programme taking place as part of the research and development into the new Tate. Whilst it is not envisaged that Tate in Space will stay within a singular orbit of earth a pilot satellite programme was seen as essential for the development of instruments and new technologies for the Tate in Space gallery.
The satellite consists of a combination of highly polished (lightweight) metal alloy and photo-voltaic (solar) panels. The polished surface increases its reflectivity and therefore its visibility from earth (depending on the relative poisition of the sun).”
Here’s the link so you can do the coolest thing you will do all week.
