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2018 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
This article also mentions Ecliptic's hosted payload agreement with Rocket Lab2018 Aug 08
A summary of the final Operational Readiness Test for LightSail 2
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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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| 2015 May 12 |
The Planetary Society / Kickstarter
LightSail Kickstarter Campaign Begins!
Check out The Planetary Society's 45-day Kickstarter campaign to raise at least $200k and possibly $1 million or more in support of the LightSail program's objectives. (After 2 1/2 days over $350k has been raised.) Ecliptic is the LightSail spacecraft system contractor.
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| 2015 May 08 |
The Planetary Society
What Images Will We Get Back from the LightSail Test Mission? This explores in some detail the onboard imaging predictions for LightSail A
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| 2015 May 06 |
Washington Post
A Fantastic Idea Carl Sagan Showed Johnny Carson in 1976 Is About to Become Reality
Ecliptic is lead system contractor for both LightSail spacecraft
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| 2015 Apr 24 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Readiness Tests Prepare Team for Mission Operations Ecliptic is lead system contractor for both LightSail spacecraft
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| 2015 Apr 10 |
Spaceflight Now
Atlas 5 Slips at Payload's Request Ecliptic's first CubeSat, LightSail A, is a secondary payload on this launch -- and not the source of the launch slip!
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| 2015 Apr 08 |
Spaceflight Now
NASA Adding to List of CubeSats Flying on First SLS Mission Lessons learned from the two LightSail missions will be applied to the NEO Scout and Lunar Flashlight missions, which employ similar solar sail designs
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| 2015 Apr 08 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Integration Video
This short video highlights the final integration flow for LightSail A, most of which occurred at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Ecliptic in the lead system contractor for LightSail.
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| 2015 Mar 17 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Featured on CBS Evening News
LightSail, The Planetary Society and Ecliptic on the national news!
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| 2015 Mar 16 |
CBS Evening News
How Solar Sailing Could Impact the Future of Space Exploration
This article complements a story aired on the national evening news the same day, highlighting The Planetary Society's LightSail project and Ecliptic's role as lead system contractor
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| 2015 Mar 09 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Arrives in Florida; More Launch Details Revealed This article provides LightSail status and summarizes Ecliptic's current activities as lead system contractor
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