Mobile space junkies rejoice! Tomorrow’s launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis (still on schedule for Friday, June 8, at 7:38 pm EDT at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida) is being shown on Space.com as well as on Space2Phone.com . By pointing your cell phone’s WAP browser to wap.space2phone.com you’ll be able to watch the ship blast off for the 21st U.S. mission to the International Space Station. Unfortunately, there are a few obstacles.
This launch is only available to Sprint and T-Mobile users and of course requires streaming video capabilities on your phone and a network service plan. Also, it ain’t free: A subscription to Space2Phone’s mobile portal is $2.49 per month. The subscription does include a bunch of other things, but if you just want to watch the launch non-subscribers can watch on a pay-per-view basis.
BTW, in case you were curious, the mobile video of the launch is made possible by the emoveo mobile software platform developed by Germany-based Dynetic Mobile Solutions .