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RECENT NEWS

2018 Jun 06

Singapore, Australia Student Experiments Being Run On ISS

Bhattacharya Space Enterprises procured the ISS experiment kits from Ecliptic
2018 May 25

Rocket Lab Updates Launch Window for First Commercial Mission

Ecliptic assisted Rocket Lab with accommodating the German NABEO payload on this Electron mission
2018 May 25

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
2018 May 21

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

Jul 15: North American Eagle 800-mph supersonic car
World land speed record attempt (approx. date)
Aug 4 - 5: 32nd Small Satellite Conference
Logan, UT – Organized and hosted by Utah State University
Sep 12: Delta II [Final Delta II launch]
ICESat-2 (approx. date)
Oct 30: 3U CubeSat integrated with Prox 1 (launched on Falcon Heavy / STP-2 mission)
LightSail-2 solar sailing demo (earliest launch date)

Date	Headline
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)
2015 Jun 15	The Planetary Society LightSail Test Mission Ends with Fiery Reentry As predicted, re-entry was on June 14 (Sunday)
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
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
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.