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 |
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| 2005 Apr 26 |
Spaceflight Now
Salute to Titan (for Spaceflight Now+Plus subscribers)
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| 2005 Apr 26 |
Space Adventures
Space Adventures Offers Ecliptic's RocketCam™ for Private Spaceflights |
| 2005 Apr 22 |
Space.com
Fender Bender: NASA's DART Spacecraft Bumped Into Target Satellite |
| 2005 Apr 20 |
MSNBC
NASA Delays Shuttle Launch |
| 2005 Apr 20 |
Reuters
Space Flight Not Just Billionaire Joy Ride, Rutan Says |
| 2005 Apr 18 |
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Orbital Issues DART Mission Recap |
| 2005 Apr 16 |
Spaceflight Now
NASA Autopilot Test Suffers Crippling Flaw |
| 2005 Apr 16 |
NASA
On-Orbit Anomaly Ends DART Mission Early |
| 2005 Apr 15 |
NASA
NASA Launches DART Spacecraft to Demonstrate Automated Rendezvous Capability |
| 2005 Apr 15 |
Discovery.com
NASA Satellite Tests Auto-Piloting |