RECENT NEWS
2018 Jun 06
Bhattacharya Space Enterprises procured the ISS experiment kits from Ecliptic2018 May 25
Ecliptic assisted Rocket Lab with accommodating the German NABEO payload on this Electron mission2018 May 25
Ecliptic assisted Rocket Lab with accommodating the German NABEO payload on this Electron mission2018 May 21
Orbital ATK's Cygnus OA-9 spacecraft has an Ecliptic-produced 4-camera RocketCam video system onboard
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Jul 15
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North American Eagle 800-mph supersonic car
World land speed record attempt (approx. date) - Aug 4 - 5
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32nd Small Satellite Conference
Logan, UT – Organized and hosted by Utah State University - Sep 12
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Delta II [Final Delta II launch]
ICESat-2 (approx. date) - Oct 30
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3U CubeSat integrated with Prox 1 (launched on Falcon Heavy / STP-2 mission)
LightSail-2 solar sailing demo (earliest launch date)
LASTEST VIDEO
Ecliptic Projects in the Media
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| 2015 May 19 |
The Planetary Society
Timeline: LightSail's First Day in Space We're one day from the launch of LightSail A!
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| 2015 May 19 |
The Planetary Society
Follow the Launch of LightSail A Via the Project's Mission Control Center This is a good online source for the latest status of LightSail A (as reported by The Planetary Society and LightSail mission team)
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| 2015 May 19 |
NBC News
LightSail Space Mission Will Shine Global Spotlight on Solar Sails The LightSail mission story goes back to ~40 years ago (see video in this piece)
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| 2015 May 20 |
San Jose Business Journal
Bill Nye's Boldest Experiment Yet: A Light-Beam Propelled Satellite That's Headed to Space This piece also features Ecliptic CEO Rex Ridenoure
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| 2015 May 20 |
Spaceflight Now
Follow the Launch of LightSail A Here 
LightSail A, integrated and tested by Ecliptic, launches today from Florida at or after 11:05 am EDT
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| 2015 May 20 |
Wired
Blasting Off Today: A Satellite That Sails on Sunbeams LightSail A is the focus
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| 2015 May 20 |
Spaceflight Now
X-37B Spaceplane Embarks on Fourth Voyage In Orbit
See the launch video here, with LightSail A along for the ride
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| 2015 May 20 |
NASA
NASA’s CubeSat Initiative Aids in Testing of Technology for Solar Sails in Space LightSail A was successfully launched today!
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| 2015 May 20 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Sends First Data Back to Earth Successfully receiving telemetry from LightSail A achieves one of the two main objectives of this demo mission. The other is successful deployment of the solar sail, scheduled (by onboard timer) for Jun 17.
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| 2015 May 21 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Update: All Systems Nominal So far, so good ...
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