This up-close perspective is viewed from the 210-foot level on the rotating service structure on top of launch complex 39a. I had the rare privilege to remotely trigger a digital single lens reflex camera.
The camera was a DSLR, the Nikon D700 with a 16mm lens. It is part of a network of cameras Sub-contractors for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center place on and around the launch pad. The cameras on the launch pad are encased in a protective housing at the 210–foot level and connected to a wiring system that Photo Planner Robbie Robinson triggers from the Launch Control Center 3 miles from the launch pad.
My challenge was to find a way to trigger the digital camera for the Sentinel while not being connected to NASA’S series of cameras. I used a Nikon intervalometer which is an electronic device that can fire the shutter on a timer. The timer was set to activate the camera three minutes before the scheduled launch time. The camera shot 1 image every second for 15 minutes resulting in 900 pictures.
It took a team of NASA people at the Kennedy Space Center to support me with this accomplishment. From the inception, Ken Thornsley, NASA/KSC senior photo editor worked the request up the chain of command. Photographers Sandra Joseph, Kevin O’Connell and instrumentation specialist Rick Prickett assisted me on launch pad 39a to set up the remote camera.
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