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2021 Jan 06

Dynetics Achieves Critical NASA Milestone and Delivers Key Data on Lunar Lander Program

Ecliptic is on the Dynetics team providing high-definition video systems and auxiliary/secondary payload control and data management avionics
2020 Dec 23

SpaceX’s First Dedicated Falcon 9 Rideshare Lines Up Dozens of Smallsats

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 ejections
2020 Nov 13

NASA Selects High-definition Imaging System for Commercial Flight Test

Ecliptic is on the development team for ExoCam
2020 Oct 23

NASA’s Refueling Mission Completes Second Set of Robotic Tool Operations in Space

Ecliptic provided context-imaging cameras to support these RRM3 tests and demonstrations

Aug 15: Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #16 (NG-16, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
Dec 15: Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #17 (NG-17, on Antares 230) (approx. date)

Date	Headline
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
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!
2015 Jun 09	New York Times LightSail Spacecraft Sends Back a Selfie Showing Its Sail Stretched Out Press conference Wednesday morning PDT
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 ...
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
2015 Jun 08	National Public Radio Solar Sail Unfurls In Space A "sail Mary pass" indeed -- !
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.
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
2015 Jun 07	Spaceflight Now Satellite Comes Back to Life, Deploys Solar Sail on Second Try