{"id":57539,"date":"2024-04-11T10:11:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T10:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/07253923-bd0e-4f53-8614-2808ea74e002"},"modified":"2024-04-11T11:08:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T11:08:21","slug":"uk-firm-captures-video-of-moons-shadow-on-earth-during-eclipse-plans-24-7-livestream-from-the-space-station","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/uk-firm-captures-video-of-moons-shadow-on-earth-during-eclipse-plans-24-7-livestream-from-the-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"UK firm captures video of Moon&#8217;s shadow on Earth during eclipse, plans 24\/7 livestream from the Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\">UK firm Sen has captured the Moon&#8217;s shadow on Earth using its 4K satellite. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Iain Todd\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 11 April 2024 at 10:11 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A UK company that is due to start live-streaming footage of Earth from the International Space Station has captured a video of the shadow of the Moon moving across Earth during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/advice\/total-solar-eclipse-8-april-2024\">April 8 total solar eclipse<\/a>.<\/p><p>British firm Sen&#8217;s video of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/astrophotography\/sun\/solar-eclipses\">solar eclipse<\/a> from space was captured in 4K by its satellite, ETV-A1, from low Earth orbit.<\/p><p>This follows the news on 21 March 2024 that SEN had sent a 4K camera system to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/space-missions\/international-space-station-facts-history\">International Space Station<\/a> that&#8217;s due to begin live streaming views of planet Earth from space.<\/p><p><strong><em>See more images of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/news\/april-2024-eclipse-from-space\">April 8 eclipse from space<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Solar eclipse filmed from space in 4K! | Solar Eclipse 2024 | Sen 4K satellite video\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fyLC0mXmosg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eclipse-video-from-space\"><strong>Eclipse video from space<\/strong><\/h2><p>The video of the solar eclipse from space was captured by Sen&#8217;s low Earth orbit camera and shows the shadow of the Moon passing across the surface of the Earth.<\/p><p>A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes in front of the Sun, momentarily blocking the entire solar disk.<\/p><p>From Earth, this has the effect of the Moon completely covering the Sun and casting darkness during daytime for those in the path of totality.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view of the April 8 solar eclipse from space, captured in 4K by a Sen satellite in low Earth orbit. Credit: Sen<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>When observing the phenomenon from space, this appears as a large shadow moving across the planet.<\/p><p>This is the shadow of Earth&#8217;s Moon, and anyone located within the shadow back on Earth is witnessing a solar eclipse.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Livestream from the Space Station<\/strong><\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/04\/sen-4k-camera-launch-1024x683.jpg?fit=800%2C534\" alt=\"Sen\u2019s 4K camera system launched aboard a SpaceX supply ship on 21 March 2024, headed for the International Space Station. The company intends to provide a 24\/7 livestream of Earth from the ISS. Credit: Sen\" class=\"wp-image-149374\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen\u2019s 4K camera system launched aboard a SpaceX supply ship on 21 March 2024, headed for the International Space Station. The company intends to provide a 24\/7 livestream of Earth from the ISS. Credit: Sen<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>On 21 March 2024, SEN sent a 4K camera system up to the ISS onboard a SpaceX supply ship.<\/p><p>Sen\u2019s payload, called &#8216;SpaceTV-1&#8217;, is hosted on the outside of the Space Station and is set to provide three different camera views: one showing Earth&#8217;s horizon, one looking &#8216;straight down&#8217; at the planet and one looking back at the Space Station itself.<\/p><p>The company says it hopes to inspire Earth&#8217;s population by providing an astronaut&#8217;s view of Earth, but the coverage will also be used to monitor environmental changes.<\/p><p>Sen says it is due to launch further satellites into Earth orbit in 2025.<\/p><p><strong>Find out more about the company via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.sen.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK firm Sen has captured the Moon&#8217;s shadow on Earth using its 4K satellite. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":57540,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/04\/uk-firm-captures-video-of-moons-shadow-on-earth-during-eclipse-plans-24-7-livestream-from-the-space-station.jpg",1200,890,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/04\/uk-firm-captures-video-of-moons-shadow-on-earth-during-eclipse-plans-24-7-livestream-from-the-space-station-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/04\/uk-firm-captures-video-of-moons-shadow-on-earth-during-eclipse-plans-24-7-livestream-from-the-space-station-300x223.jpg",300,223,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/04\/uk-firm-captures-video-of-moons-shadow-on-earth-during-eclipse-plans-24-7-livestream-from-the-space-station-768x570.jpg",768,570,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/04\/uk-firm-captures-video-of-moons-shadow-on-earth-during-eclipse-plans-24-7-livestream-from-the-space-station-1024x759.jpg",800,593,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/04\/uk-firm-captures-video-of-moons-shadow-on-earth-during-eclipse-plans-24-7-livestream-from-the-space-station.jpg",1200,890,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/77\/2024\/04\/uk-firm-captures-video-of-moons-shadow-on-earth-during-eclipse-plans-24-7-livestream-from-the-space-station.jpg",1200,890,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"UK firm Sen has captured the Moon's shadow on Earth using its 4K satellite.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/57539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}