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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
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Spacecraft separation sequencers (launched on Falcon 9 payload module)
Spaceflight SSO-A (earliest launch date) - Sep 12
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Delta II [Final Delta II launch]
ICESat-2 (approx. date) - Sep 15
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North American Eagle 800-mph supersonic car
World land speed record attempt (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)
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Ecliptic Projects in the Media
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| 2015 May 26 |
The Planetary Society
Software Glitch Pauses LightSail Test Mission Ecliptic engineers are deeply involved with characterizing this issue and developing response options
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| 2015 May 29 |
The Planetary Society
For LightSail Test Mission, Waiting is the Hardest Part The LightSail team, including several Ecliptic engineers, is working hard on preparing for an expected resumption of telemetry from LightSail A
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| 2015 May 31 |
The Planetary Society
Contact! LightSail Phones Home after 8-Day Silence This is excellent news! The team is very active assessing spacecraft health and next steps in the mission plan.
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| 2015 May 31 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Team Prepares for Sail Deployment As of early June 1, sail deployment is now tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, June 3
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| 2015 Jun 02 |
The Planetary Society
First Look: Test Image from LightSail Downloading of a test image -- the first image taken in orbit by one of the two LightSail onboard cameras -- started June 1 and was fully downloaded by June 2. The cameras are at the ends of two deployable solar panels which are still stowed, so the image is of the innards of the spacecraft.
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| 2015 Jun 02 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Deployment Update: Panels Wednesday, Sails Friday Get ready for deployment action!
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| 2015 Jun 02 |
Spaceflight Now
LightSail Deployment Set For This Week Ecliptic engineers Riki Munakata and Alex Diaz are shown in the accompanying image of LightSail A undergoing testing
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| 2015 Jun 03 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Solar Panel Deployment: No Pics, But Data Look Good Three separate compelling data sets suggest successful deployment of the four solar panels. Images to confirm may not be needed.
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| 2015 Jun 03 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Falls Silent; Battery Glitch Suspected The LightSail ops team is working this issue. It's complicated ...
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| 2015 Jun 04 |
Space News
LightSail Back on Track for Solar Sail Deployment Solar panels are deployed!
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