Case Study: Kennedy Space Center achieves rapid, fully digital launch‑video access with Quantum Corporation's StorNext

Sky’s the Limit for StorNext at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center needed a modern, fully digital workflow to replace a slow, film-and-tape–based process for launch video capture and delivery. The program had to ingest footage from 80–100 cameras (including high‑speed cameras up to 1,000 fps), handle roughly 200 TB per mission, and meet strict priorities for performance, automation, 24‑hour data download, scalability and multi‑center access while protecting irreplaceable assets.

StorExcel recommended and pre‑staged a solution built on Quantum StorNext Pro Studio (QXS‑1200, Xcellis, AEL500 LTO archive) integrated with IPV Curator, Telestream Vantage and Brocade fabric. The system automates high‑speed ingest, metadata logging, dual‑copy protection (disk + LTO with an off‑site tape), and unified search/retrieval via the IPV interface — eliminating multi‑day delays, speeding user access, reducing administration, simplifying acceptance testing, and providing scalable options for future growth including cloud/object storage.

Kennedy Space Center

Jeff Wolfe

Communications System Engineer, Abacus Technology