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2018 Dec 03
Ecliptic-supplied avionics controlled most of the smallsat deployments. More in-depth news to follow ...2018 Nov 11
Good pic here of the NABEO-1 hosted payload on the Electron 3rd stage2018 Nov 11
A successful launch, including the Ecliptic-Rocket Lab Hosted Payload Program pathfinder payload, NABEO-12018 Nov 09
NABEO-1 is the 'pathfinder' payload for the Ecliptic-led Hosted Payload Program with Rocket Lab
UPCOMING EVENTS
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3U CubeSat integrated with Prox 1 (launched on Falcon Heavy / STP-2 mission)
LightSail-2 solar sailing demo (approx. date) - Apr 17
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #11 (NG-11, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Aug 15
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North American Eagle 800-mph supersonic car
World land speed record attempt (approx. date) - Nov 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #12 (NG-12, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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| 2018 Jan 25 |
Arizona State University
ASU Student Payloads Selected to Fly on Blue Origin Space Vehicle Ecliptic is the industry partner for the Remote Acoustic Sensor (RAS) experiment
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| 2018 Feb 07 |
Georgia Tech
Successful SpaceX Launch Clears Way for Historic Georgia Tech Spacecraft LightSail 2 will be carried into space by Georgia Tech's Prox-1 satellite, which in turn will be launched on the third Falcon Heavy later this year (later changed to second launch)
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| 2018 Feb 14 |
Bloomberg
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Mission for Air Force Targets June Launch This is the ride to orbit for LightSail 2, which will be nestled inside the Prox-1 spacecraft at launch
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| 2018 Mar 01 |
Spaceflight Now
Rideshare Mission for U.S. Military Confirmed As Second Falcon Heavy Launch LightSail 2 will launch on this Falcon Heavy, inside the Prox-1 spacecraft
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| 2018 Mar 20 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail 2 Doubles the Fun With Double Integrations LightSail 2 is now officially out of our hands and awaiting launch on the 2nd SpaceX Falcon Heavy, sometime this summer
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| 2018 Apr 12 |
JPL
Astrophysics CubeSat Demonstrates Big Potential in a Small Package Ecliptic developed the core imager focal-plane-to-computer interface for ASTERIA
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| 2018 Apr 25 |
The Planetary Society
Pew Pew! Lasers Will Help Determine Where LightSail 2 Is Good info on one aspect of the planned LightSail-2 mission operations
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| 2018 May 11 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail-2 Launch Slips to Fall It's the space business ...
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| 2018 May 21 |
Spaceflight Now
Antares Rocket Launch Kicks Off Space Station’s Next Commercial Cargo Delivery Orbital ATK's Cygnus OA-9 spacecraft has an Ecliptic-produced 4-camera RocketCam video system onboard
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| 2018 May 25 |
Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab Confirms New ‘It’s Business Time’ Launch Window and Bolsters Manifest Ecliptic assisted Rocket Lab with accommodating the German NABEO payload on this Electron mission
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