MILESTONE: March 8, 2019
Augusta Riverfront and Broad Street
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The Route
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Clip from the Mission Manager live-feed video
March 8, 2019 over Augusta, Georgia – A team from Eureka Earth was successful in testing a remote air-to-ground aerial-photo system, while broadcasting live-video to a web portal.
Flying in public airspace at over 1,000 feet, and in coordination with air traffic control from the nearby Class D airspace at Augusta Regional Airport, the mission aircraft was tracked and directed from a conference room at Shared Space Augusta (on 9th and Greene Street).
Earlier tests proved reliable connect-ability. This test:
1. Confirmed practical broadcast of a higher resolution camera (50 MP)
2. Tested a web portal for broadcast
3. Tested latency and identified areas for refinement
4. Enabled the Mission Manager to track and navigate the aircraft from the ground station
120 high-resolution images of more than 6 targets were captured within the one-hour flight test. The mission succeeded in meeting all goals.
Congratulations to all involved! Now the question: What’s next?
Step aside Google Earth, Planet.com, and EarthNow?
Maybe the bigger question is: Who will be the partnering 5G provider when Eureka Earth achieves their stated goal of 400 nationwide service locations?
Flying in public airspace at over 1,000 feet, and in coordination with air traffic control from the nearby Class D airspace at Augusta Regional Airport, the mission aircraft was tracked and directed from a conference room at Shared Space Augusta (on 9th and Greene Street).
Earlier tests proved reliable connect-ability. This test:
1. Confirmed practical broadcast of a higher resolution camera (50 MP)
2. Tested a web portal for broadcast
3. Tested latency and identified areas for refinement
4. Enabled the Mission Manager to track and navigate the aircraft from the ground station
120 high-resolution images of more than 6 targets were captured within the one-hour flight test. The mission succeeded in meeting all goals.
Congratulations to all involved! Now the question: What’s next?
Step aside Google Earth, Planet.com, and EarthNow?
Maybe the bigger question is: Who will be the partnering 5G provider when Eureka Earth achieves their stated goal of 400 nationwide service locations?
UPDATE: March 18, 2019 marks a successful test flight of the DroneGnome (TM) external pod
DroneGnome is a trademark of Civicus Media for a series of external sensor pod systems - (first concept video) - from September 11th, 2013
MILESTONE: January 28, 2019
Practice Area at the Augusta National Golf Club
January 28, 2019 over Augusta, Georgia - An aircraft provided by MVP Aviation entered controlled national airspace, 1,000 feet above the city, carrying a uniquely connected camera system.
With this system Eureka Earth was able to demonstrate a remote air-to-ground -LIVE-photo mission.
A mission manager on the ground was able to communicate with, and direct, the airborne operator while controlling the camera and recording images.
Active command, control, and communication was accomplished to include:
Contact@eurekaearth.com
CES 2019 Verizon 5G
With this system Eureka Earth was able to demonstrate a remote air-to-ground -LIVE-photo mission.
A mission manager on the ground was able to communicate with, and direct, the airborne operator while controlling the camera and recording images.
Active command, control, and communication was accomplished to include:
- Tracking the aircraft’s route over a street map of Augusta, Georgia
- Text messaging - uplink and downlink - between the Mission Manager and Camera Operator/Pilot
- Navigating instructions and feedback
- Mission Manager Ground Control Station - control of a high-resolution camera, including the ability to adjust camera settings and trigger image capture (from our ground station)
- A live video feed - first person view
- Auto-archiving of images, and
- A Mission Manager directing the mission from a remote portable ground-control-station
Contact@eurekaearth.com
CES 2019 Verizon 5G