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D4 Special Project: Capture Footage of Solar Eclipse from 10,000 ft.

September 1, 2017 | Category: Archived, D4 News, Featured Posts | Tags:
Recently, D4 Advanced Media partnered with Vertical Explorers to launch a weather balloon into the upper atmosphere to obtain footage of the August 21st solar eclipse. The balloon took off carrying ten on-board GoPros and tracking/transmission devices. Lifting off from Garden Valley Idaho at 10:47am MDT, the intrepid capsule climbed into the sky, gathering amazing […]
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Launch Day – Solar Explorer in Real-Time Tracking the Eclipse

August 21, 2017 | Category: Archived, D4 News, Featured Posts, Web Design Musing | Tags:
Launch day is here! Track our GoPro capsule as it flies to 100,000ft to capture the eclipse. Here is today’s schedule: Launch – 10:47am MDT Eclipse first contact – 11:11am MDT Full eclipse – 11:26a – 11:28am MDT Eclipse last contact – 12:50am MDT Recovery ~1p MDT after 90mins of flight time. Estimated flight path: […]
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D4 to Launch Research Capsule into Upper Atmosphere to Record Solar Eclipse

August 19, 2017 | Category: Archived, D4 News, Featured Posts, Latest Design Project | Tags:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 18, 2017 D4 Advanced Media Announces Partnership with Vertical Explorers to Launch Research Capsule into Upper Atmosphere to Record Solar Eclipse Reno, Nevada – D4 Advanced Media today announced a partnership with Vertical Explorers to sponsor and provide cameras for the deployment of HAB3 – Solar Explorer, a high altitude balloon […]
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