A high-quality video will be released that captures ``everything from the time it returns to Earth'' from inside a space capsule and records precious moments such as ``the huge flames upon entry into the atmosphere'' and ``parachute deployment'' with audio.



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Varda has released a ``movie shot with a camera installed inside the space capsule that shows the entire space capsule from low orbit to return to Earth.'' In the movie, the state of the space capsule orbiting the earth and the state of entering the atmosphere are clearly recorded.




The space capsule 'W-1' in which the camera was installed was mounted on the artificial satellite platform ' Photon ' and launched in June 2023, and will be separated from Photon and returned to Earth on February 21, 2024. did. The capsule surrounded by a red frame in the photo below is W-1.



Below is a movie taken with a camera installed inside W-1 from the time it was separated from Photon to the time it landed on the ground.

Varda Capsule Reentry - Full Video from LEO to Earth - YouTube


The movie begins with W-1 being separated from Photon.



W-1 is thrown into space.



W-1 orbits the earth while spinning.



sun and earth.



From around 11 minutes and 37 seconds into the movie, an image that appears to have a hazy surrounding is recorded.



The color of the haze changes from white to red, and

at around 12 minutes and 20 seconds , a loud 'go-go-go' sound begins. It appears that W-1 has entered the atmosphere.



At around 12 minutes and 35 seconds, streaks of light begin to appear.



The streaks of light become finer and finer. The speed at this time is said to exceed Mach 5.



The streaks of light gradually decrease, and the external color changes from red to purple.



When the streaks of light disappeared, the blue Earth was reflected.



We will gradually lower our altitude toward the clouds.



A scene in which the sun illuminated the top of a sea of clouds was also recorded.



Plunge into the clouds.



At

17 minutes and 24 seconds , a deceleration parachute was deployed.



The main parachute will deploy in

17 minutes and 34 seconds .



It took a little less than 10 minutes to slowly descend from the deployment of the main parachute, and landed on the ground

27 minutes and 14 seconds after the movie started.



After that, it seems that W-1, which succeeded in landing, was transported to the base by helicopter.




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