SPACECRAFT IMAGE DISC #1

We brought together one of the world's foremost spacecraft model builders (Brian Sullivan), a cinematographer with Hollywood special effects credits, and Academy AwardŽ winning UltimatteŽ green screen technology to inaugurate our new Planetarium Production Tools series.

Spacecraft Image Disc #1 contains 30 minutes of beautiful spacecraft model animations. These are actual models (not computer generated) matted against super-black, or, in some cases, against planet animations. Ever-changing shadows, and the glint of sunlight on the solar panels, impart a unique sense of realism. Because we made traveling mattes for each sequence, we can matte these models against any background image to special order.

1 NTSC LaserDisc or DVD w/production notes.Licensed for in-house planetarium performances only.

SS 707
SS 707T - tape copy in any format (requires purchase of disc)

Table of Contents without images, but with each sequence's category; subject; starting and ending frame numbers; total number of frames; and duration in seconds.


Landsat D
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Giotto probe European Space Agency(visited Halley's Comet in 1986)
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GOES 4 Weather Satellite
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Einstein B X-Ray Satellite
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Ulysses Solar Probe
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Voyager
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Compton Gamma Ray Observer
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Uhuru X-Ray Satellite
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COBE(COsmic Background Explorer)
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Venera Soviet Venus Orbiter (similar to Vega spacecraft that encountered Halley's Comet)
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COMSAT
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Yohkoh Solar X-Ray Satellite(Japanese-American)
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Wheel-Shaped Space Station
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O'Neil Space Colonies
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Lattice Space Station
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Russian Mars Probe with Lander Capsule
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Mars Surveyor (American)
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Mariner 10(visited Mercury and Venus in 1970's)
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AAX(Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility)
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