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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) - 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 Jun 10 |
Spacelfight Now
LightSail Hailed as Precursor for Low-Cost Planetary Missions |
| 2015 Jun 11 |
The Planetary Society
Pretty (Partial) Picture: LightSail Catches a Glimpse of Earth |
| 2015 Jun 11 |
Space News
Planetary Society Has a Year To Iron Wrinkles Out Of Solar Sail Mission |
| 2015 Jun 12 |
The Planetary Society
In Pictures: LightSail’s Final Days in Space Re-entry and end of mission is projected to be June 14 (Sunday)
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| 2015 Jun 15 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Test Mission Ends with Fiery Reentry As predicted, re-entry was on June 14 (Sunday)
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| 2015 Jun 15 |
NBC News
Farewell, LightSail: Satellite Watchers Say Solar Sail Fades Away |
| 2015 Jun 16 |
Inside Outer Space
Fall of the "Rise and Shine" Solar Sail Some good information here about plans for the LightSail-B mission in 2016
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| 2015 Jun 19 |
Astronomy Picture of the Day
LightSail A |
| 2015 Jun 19 |
The Planetary Society
Thanks You, LightSail Trackers The project got terrific support from serious and amateur satellite observers around the globe
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| 2015 Jun 26 |
The Planetary Society / Kickstarter
LightSail Kickstarter Stretch Goal Reached $1,241,615 USD were raised from 23,331 backers. The number of backers is a new record for a space-technology Kickstarter campaign, and the dollar total is the second highest ever for such a campaign.
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