RECENT NEWS
2018 Sep 26
A good summary of the historical context for the LightSail program2018 Aug 14
Ecliptic designed and produced ASTERIA's core imaging focal plane electronics circuit board and related software/firmware. This is the second such award for a project involving Ecliptic, the first being the LightSail-1 mission for 2015 (see http://www.planetary.org/press-room/releases/2015/lightsail-mission-of-the-year.html).2018 Aug 10
Ecliptic designed and produced ASTERIA's core imaging focal plane electronics circuit board and related software/firmware2018 Aug 08
A summary of the final Operational Readiness Test for LightSail 2
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Nov 1
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Spacecraft separation sequencers (launched on Falcon 9 payload module)
Spaceflight SSO-A (earliest launch date) - Nov 17
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #10 (NG-10, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Feb 15
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3U CubeSat integrated with Prox 1 (launched on Falcon Heavy / STP-2 mission)
LightSail-2 solar sailing demo (approx. date) - Mar 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #11 (NG-11, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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Ecliptic Projects in the Media
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| Date | Headline |
|---|---|
| 2003 Nov 24 |
Space News
Your Mission is Our Mission (RocketCam images featured in Lockheed Martin/ILS full-page ad, back cover) |
| 2003 Nov 10 |
XCOR Aerospace
XCOR Passes Major Regulatory Milestone, Submits First "Sufficiently Complete" RLV Launch License Application |
| 2003 Oct 09 |
Space.com
X-Prize Update: SpaceShipOne's Third Drop Test |
| 2003 Aug 09 |
Space.com
X Prize Contestant Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne Flies |
| 2003 May 22 |
Space Daily
Wright Flyer Takes to the Sky in Las Vegas as Tour Continues |
| 2003 Mar 12 |
Dayton [Ohio] Daily News
Wright Flyer Look-Alike Takes to Air |
| 2003 Oct 10 |
The Scotsman (Scotland)
Who'll Be First With Star Ship Private Enterprise? |
| 2003 Aug 11 |
MSN
Wallpaper Your Desktop With a RocketCam™ Shot! |
| 2003 Mar 14 |
Utah State University
Utah State Wright Flyer Takes to the Skies [RocketCam video in left sidebar] |
| 2003 Sep 02 |
BBC
UK Balloonists Given Go-ahead |