RECENT NEWS
2021 Jan 06
Ecliptic is on the Dynetics team providing high-definition video systems and auxiliary/secondary payload control and data management avionics2020 Dec 23
Ecliptic's sequencer avionics will control the ejection of smallsats and CubeSats from three different firms manifested on this launch, leveraging heritage from the 2018 Falcon 9 SSO-A launch where Ecliptic sequencers successfuly controlled 60 of the 64 satellite ejections2020 Nov 13
Ecliptic is on the development team for ExoCam2020 Oct 23
Ecliptic provided context-imaging cameras to support these RRM3 tests and demonstrations
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Aug 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #16 (NG-16, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Dec 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #17 (NG-17, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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Ecliptic Projects in the Media
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2015 Jun 10 |
Bloomberg News
Scientists Look to LightSail's Next Launch Ecliptic is the prime contractor as well for the LightSail spacecraft launching in 2016
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2015 Jun 10 |
NBC News
LightSail Team Declares Solar Sail Success as Mission Nears Its End |
2015 Jun 10 |
The Planetary Society
Bill Nye & Planetary Society Declare LightSail™ Test Mission Success; Citizen-Funded Spacecraft Deploys Solar Sail, Milestone Step Toward 2016 Mission Total mission success!
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2015 Jun 09 |
New York Times
LightSail Spacecraft Sends Back a Selfie Showing Its Sail Stretched Out Press conference Wednesday morning PDT
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2015 Jun 09 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Test Mission Declared Success; First Image Complete All primary mission objectives have been met (=> total mission success). Now for some fun stuff ...
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2015 Jun 08 |
The Planetary Society
Sails in Space: Partial Photo, Video and Light Curve ![]() The mission team is working 24x7 to get more images downlinked before spacecraft re-entry
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2015 Jun 08 |
National Public Radio
Solar Sail Unfurls In Space A "sail Mary pass" indeed -- !
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2015 Jun 08 |
Discovery.com
Solar Sail Spacecraft Back From the Dead "Troubled battery" is a bit extreme. The batteries were behaving as designed, but it was rather complex behavior that took a while to understand.
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2015 Jun 08 |
NBC News
LightSail Wakes Up After Silent Spell and Spreads Its Solar Sail Orbit lifetime now will be short: a few days
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2015 Jun 07 |
Spaceflight Now
Satellite Comes Back to Life, Deploys Solar Sail on Second Try |