20th Century Fox Stops the World to Beam THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL into Deep Space.A First in Motion Picture History LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Twentieth Century Fox makes history by transmitting the first motion picture in to deep space, making THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL the world's first galactic motion picture release. The first deliberate deep space transmission of this highly anticipated science fiction thriller will begin this Friday, December 12, 2008, to coincide with the film's opening day on Planet Earth. If any civilizations are currently orbiting Alpha Centauri Alpha Centauri (ăl`fə sĕntôr`ē), brightest star in the constellation Centaurus and 3d-brightest star in the sky; also known as Rigil Kent or Rigil Kentaurus; 1992 position R.A. 14h39.1m, Dec. , they will be able to receive and view the film approximately four years from now in the year 2012. In a time when global movie launches are now commonplace, Fox is raising the bar by spearheading, with Deep Space Communications Space communications Communications between a vehicle in outer space and Earth, using high-frequency electromagnetic radiation (radio waves). Provision for such communication is an essential requirement of any space mission. Network located at Cape Canaveral Cape Canaveral (kənăv`ərəl), low, sandy promontory extending E into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island, E Fla., separated from Merritt Island by the Banana River, a lagoon; named (1963) Cape Kennedy in memory of President John , the ultimate in "wide release" platforms. As millions of Earthbound earth·bound also earth-bound adj. 1. Fastened in or to the soil: earthbound roots. 2. a. movie fans get their first look at THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, starring Keanu Reeves and Jennifer Connelly, the film will be zipping through space at 186,000 miles per second to a heretofore untapped possible consumer base orbiting the three star system, Alpha Centauri. Industry watchers and film historians will note that due to the distance between our solar system and the Alpha Centauri system, it will take over eight years (accounting for a roundtrip communication) to receive any Alpha Centauri reviews. The transmission is not a single beam aimed at just the Alpha Centauri system, but can be received by any advanced technologically capable civilization along the way to Alpha Centauri, and beyond. Prior to its arrival at Alpha Centauri, the transmission of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL can be intercepted and viewed at various points in our own solar system (Distance from Earth - at the speed of light - and transmission time, as follows):
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0.000000038, 1.1991888 seconds
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0.000016, 8.41536 minutes
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0.0000095, 4.99662 minutes
Venus: <
0.00000476, 2.5035696 minutes
Mars: <
0.0000076, 3.997296 minutes
Jupiter: <
0.0000666, 35.028936 minutes
Saturn: <
0.000135, 1.18341 hours
Uranus: <
0.000285, 2.49831 hours
Neptune: <
0.00046, 4.03236 hours
Pluto: <
0.0006183, 5.4200178 hours
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"We are thrilled about beaming this film into space. This will be our first full length movie transmission. And what could be more relevant to send into Deep Space than a movie about the Earth's acceptance of visitors from outer space," commented Jim Lewis, Managing Director, Deep Space Communications Network About DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK: Deep Space Communications Network is a private organization located east of Orlando. DSCN DSCN Digital Scan DSCN Data Service Centers and Network DSCN Data Set Change Notice DSCN Direct Speech Circuit Network DSCN Directory Service Request Completion Notice DSCN Digital Still Capture Nikon (Nikon digital image numbering) was formed specifically to communicate with outerspace by a group of broadcast engineers and communications experts who regularly transmit from the space center. The beam transmitting THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is by redundant high-powered klystron klystron: see electron tube. A type of vacuum tube used as an amplifier and/or oscillator for UHF and microwave signals. It is typically used as a high-power frequency source in such applications as particle accelerators, UHF TV transmission and satellite amplifiers connected by a traveling waveguide waveguide, device that controls the propagation of an electromagnetic wave so that the wave is forced to follow a path defined by the physical structure of the guide. to a five meter parabolic par·a·bol·ic also par·a·bol·i·cal adj. 1. Of or similar to a parable. 2. Of or having the form of a parabola or paraboloid. dish antenna. About Fox Filmed Entertainment One of the world's largest producers and distributors of motion pictures, Fox Filmed Entertainment produces, acquires and distributes motion pictures throughout the world. These motion pictures are produced or acquired by the following units of FFE FFE Fédération Française d'Equitation (French governing body for equestrian sport) FFE Fédération Française des Échecs FFE Food for Education FFE Flat File Extractor FFE Frontier: First Encounters : Twentieth Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Atomic, and Twentieth Century Fox Animation. |
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