Earlier this week private space company Orbital ATK launched its first mission after one of its rockets exploded seconds after launch last year in October. The Cygnus spacecraft launched successfully this time around and delivered some 7000 pounds worth of supplies to astronauts aboard the International Space Station. NASA did us all a huge favor and recorded the launch in 4K so that we can watch the glorious proceedings in super high quality whenever we feel like it.
Things didn’t go so smoothly for Orbital last year though. It had to halt launches and figure out what went wrong with the Antares rocket that was flying an uncrewed mission. It has been a year since the company launched another spacecraft and it would no doubt be pleased that the latest launch went off without any problems.
Orbital’s Cygnus cargo capsule mission was also uncrewed, the main purpose being to deliver supplies to astronauts on the International Space Station. The capsule was launched with the Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The launch took place without any problems and the capsule was safely delivered to the International Space Station, where it was later docked and astronauts can get to the task of unloading all of those supplies.
To capture the launch in glorious 4K NASA used an array of six Ultra HD cameras that were positioned around the Air Force Station to capture the entire event, NASA later posted the footage to a new YouTube channel, aptly titled NASA TV UHD.
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