ESRA will again be live streaming the 2025 IREC! We are always seeking new and better ways to showcase our teams. To that end, we are creating a challenge for teams to provide LIVE content during their launches! Teams will provide video from onboard their rockets and visualize their telemetry to help audiences understand what is happening and showcase the spectacle of rocketry.
2024 Winner: Texas A&M University
DELIVERABLES:
Teams shall deliver a live stream by connecting to the ESRA Livestream control room. Teams shall also record their stream locally and provide a highlight clip up to 60 seconds long. Audio is supported but not required. Any prepared audio must have rights secured (ie not trigger YouTube ContentID detection).
Content shall include any combination of these video types:
The two award categories are:
JUDGING CRITERIA:
For maximum score, the Judging Criteria are:
Judging Procedure:
A committee of ESRA Livestream and Media personnel will review all elements of the submissions and determine the winners. The winners will be the Judging Committee’s subjective consensus on which submissions best meet the letter and spirit of the Judging Criteria.
Implementation Rules:
This challenge judges the submitted content only. So long as all content is submitted successfully, there are no other technical requirements.
Teams are advised that ESRA has observed significant RF performance degradation for devices operating the the unlicensed 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands at the launch site. Teams should pursue mitigations and tests to ensure success in the challenging RF environment
Questions and Feedback:
This is a newer challenge and ESRA is learning too. Teams are encouraged to ask questions and provide feedback on the HeroX forum. Teams should also state their intent to participate in the challenge in Progress Reports and on the HeroX forum. This will help ESRA prepare for the correct number of participants.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
ESRA will provide a video ingest point in the launch site student viewing area bleachers. HDMI and 3G-SDI will be supported. The following resolutions and frame rates are supported:
Live Stream - Preferred
Teams must provide their own HDMI or SDI cable to connect to the live stream ingest equipment. The currently planned live stream ingest equipment is (rented) Atomos Shinobi 7 monitor(s) www.atomos.com/explore/shinobi-7/. At least one table will be supplied at the video ingest point. The exact ingest equipment implementation is subject to change.
Teams are encouraged to test their connection to the ingest equipment and ESRA Livestream control room before going live during their launch.
In addition, teams must record their video feed and provide it to ESRA. The recording shall include both the entire stream and a highlight clip up to 60 seconds long. No editing beyond cutting the clip is permitted. Multiple cuts are acceptable. The footage must remain in order. The recorded feed and clip must be in a commonly used file format, much as MP4. The purpose of the highlight clip is to allow ESRA to easily play a short clip during the award ceremony. To submit the recordings, teams shall submit via internet upload to this Dropbox link [Link TBD]. Use the following file naming convention:
INCLUDE AUDIO COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE PROCEDURES:
If any license or copyright clearance procedure is required to avoid YouTube ContentID detection, that license or procedure MUST be included in the submission. Text files with title Team ### - Audio Copyright Info - [Project Name] is recommended. Any licenses must be transferable to ESRA and allow use on YouTube and social media.
SUBMISSION LINK:
Make sure your filenames match the examples below by replacing the ### with your team number and everything in the brackets, including the brackets [], with your team number.
Team ### - LIVE CLIP - 4K - [Project Name]
Team ### - LIVE RECORDING - 1080p - [Project Name]
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Videos should be submitted as early as possible, but no later than 2359 local time on Friday 13 June 2024. This means you must launch before the last day.
REMEDIES FOR AUDIO COPYRIGHT ISSUES:
If YouTube detects any ContentID audio copyright matches, ESRA may elect to mute all audio for the duration of the issue. A If YouTube detects any ContentID matches with your submitted audio, and you have not provided a suitable license, you will be disqualified from winning an award.
Teams shall deliver a live stream by connecting to the ESRA Livestream control room. Teams shall also record their stream locally and provide a highlight clip up to 60 seconds long. Audio is supported but not required. Any prepared audio must have rights secured (ie not trigger YouTube ContentID detection).
Content shall include any combination of these video types:
- Live video from onboard the rocket
- Visualization of live rocket telemetry
- Visualization of live GSE telemetry (eg hybrid or liquid fill process)
The two award categories are:
- Best Live Onboard Video
- Best Live Telemetry Visualization
JUDGING CRITERIA:
For maximum score, the Judging Criteria are:
- The content will communicate what is happening on screen to viewers of all expertise levels
- The content will showcase views never before seen in rocket competitions
- The content will be visually appealing with consistent visual identity
- The team identity will be clear throughout
- The content will avoid profanity or other inappropriate content
- The stream will be free of interruptions, freezes, stutters, and drops
- The stream will have minimal latency
- The stream will be free of music triggering YouTube demonetization
- The submission will be complete. It will include the livestream, the recorded stream, and the highlight clip
Judging Procedure:
A committee of ESRA Livestream and Media personnel will review all elements of the submissions and determine the winners. The winners will be the Judging Committee’s subjective consensus on which submissions best meet the letter and spirit of the Judging Criteria.
Implementation Rules:
This challenge judges the submitted content only. So long as all content is submitted successfully, there are no other technical requirements.
Teams are advised that ESRA has observed significant RF performance degradation for devices operating the the unlicensed 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz bands at the launch site. Teams should pursue mitigations and tests to ensure success in the challenging RF environment
Questions and Feedback:
This is a newer challenge and ESRA is learning too. Teams are encouraged to ask questions and provide feedback on the HeroX forum. Teams should also state their intent to participate in the challenge in Progress Reports and on the HeroX forum. This will help ESRA prepare for the correct number of participants.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
ESRA will provide a video ingest point in the launch site student viewing area bleachers. HDMI and 3G-SDI will be supported. The following resolutions and frame rates are supported:
Live Stream - Preferred
- 1080p60
- 1080p29.97
- 1080p30
- 1080p25
- 4K60 (HDMI only)
- 4K30 (HDMI only)
- 4K29.97 (HDMI only)
- 4K25 (HDMI only)
- 4K60
- 4K29.97
- 4K30
- 4K25
- 1080p60
- 1080p30
- 1080p29.97
- 1080p25
Teams must provide their own HDMI or SDI cable to connect to the live stream ingest equipment. The currently planned live stream ingest equipment is (rented) Atomos Shinobi 7 monitor(s) www.atomos.com/explore/shinobi-7/. At least one table will be supplied at the video ingest point. The exact ingest equipment implementation is subject to change.
Teams are encouraged to test their connection to the ingest equipment and ESRA Livestream control room before going live during their launch.
In addition, teams must record their video feed and provide it to ESRA. The recording shall include both the entire stream and a highlight clip up to 60 seconds long. No editing beyond cutting the clip is permitted. Multiple cuts are acceptable. The footage must remain in order. The recorded feed and clip must be in a commonly used file format, much as MP4. The purpose of the highlight clip is to allow ESRA to easily play a short clip during the award ceremony. To submit the recordings, teams shall submit via internet upload to this Dropbox link [Link TBD]. Use the following file naming convention:
INCLUDE AUDIO COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE PROCEDURES:
If any license or copyright clearance procedure is required to avoid YouTube ContentID detection, that license or procedure MUST be included in the submission. Text files with title Team ### - Audio Copyright Info - [Project Name] is recommended. Any licenses must be transferable to ESRA and allow use on YouTube and social media.
SUBMISSION LINK:
Make sure your filenames match the examples below by replacing the ### with your team number and everything in the brackets, including the brackets [], with your team number.
Team ### - LIVE CLIP - 4K - [Project Name]
Team ### - LIVE RECORDING - 1080p - [Project Name]
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
Videos should be submitted as early as possible, but no later than 2359 local time on Friday 13 June 2024. This means you must launch before the last day.
REMEDIES FOR AUDIO COPYRIGHT ISSUES:
If YouTube detects any ContentID audio copyright matches, ESRA may elect to mute all audio for the duration of the issue. A If YouTube detects any ContentID matches with your submitted audio, and you have not provided a suitable license, you will be disqualified from winning an award.
**ESRA and Hosting Partner will have non-exclusive rights to all submissions**
This means you can still use and share them and you will still own them, but we can use them on any media platforms in present and future, and those mediums that do not yet exist. We can also share with our sponsors allowing them to share on their media platforms. We will not sell for profit, but the organizations and sponsors using the footage will benefit in the form of advertising their companies and organizations.
This means you can still use and share them and you will still own them, but we can use them on any media platforms in present and future, and those mediums that do not yet exist. We can also share with our sponsors allowing them to share on their media platforms. We will not sell for profit, but the organizations and sponsors using the footage will benefit in the form of advertising their companies and organizations.