This was my view at T-3hrs yesterday for the 4th Starship Flight Test. Eventually, the rest of the cameras in the top left screen came online, but with the cloud cover and fog they weren't so helpful.A lot of people have been inboxing me asking how we do what we do at NSF. I can't share everything, but @NASASpaceflight does a lot with a cobbled together, frankenstein system of broadcast software. Our Cameras on the ground all ship their signals via LTE, fiber and our own "wifi" network at Starbase to a handful of cloud servers and those servers are operated by our awesome team working from home around the world. Our camera team, comprised of Starbase Live Operators, is led by @RoughRidersShow sitting in Ohio. My core team operating the broadcast was @_jaykeegan_ (Scotland), @dpoddolphinpro (England), and Carson Phillips (Oklahoma). All those cameras that we get to play with were deployed by an amazing ground team led by @KSpaceAcademy, and including @SeanKD_Photos, @thejackbeyer, @BocaChicaGal, @dwisecinema, Andrew R, Daniel B, and Roger.Broadcast software includes @vMixHD, @OBSProject, @Softvelum, Gnuralnet.com's Live2Air, @NDIconnects, @srtalliance, @bitfocusio, @UnityIntercom and more.We sometimes make mistakes, our tech sometimes fails us, sometimes we switch to the wrong camera for hotstaging (i.e. my mistake on flight 3)... But mostly, we do what we do because everyone on the team are dedicated lovers of space who want to share our passion with everyone that we can.Let's do it again and again!
D Wise@dwisecinema·Dec 31, 20252025, what a year!I'm incredibly proud to be a part of the NSF team. So much work goes on behind the scenes to bring launch coverage, livestreams, and videos to the world. There's so much more to come, and so many missions upcoming in 2026 - and I can't wait!
Mar 16, 2024Making NSF's 24/7 Starbase coverage possible requires long hours out in the Texas sun, and some great team members out there every day to keep the NSF Infrastructure working in less-than-ideal conditions for broadcasting. It's NSF's Membership program that makes all this possible. Das takes us behind the scenes; Members get daily exclusive content like this.
Rough Riders Show@RoughRidersShow·Good to be back in South TX! The NSF Starbase team is taking this time to upgrade and maintain all our camera sites to make sure you have non-stop 24/7 views of Starbase! Snapped a photo of the Giga Bay progress while on my way to one of our sites earlier. @NASASpaceflight
