RECENT NEWS
2018 Sep 26
A good summary of the historical context for the LightSail program2018 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
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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| 2016 Dec 07 |
The Planetary Society
Ground Finale? Deployment Test Moves LightSail 2 Closer to Handoff
The LightSail-2 development effort is nearly complete!
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| 2016 Dec 05 |
Sound Devices, LLC
In Action: Dan Slater and the Remote Acoustic Sensor (RAS) Ecliptic is the lead collaborator with Slater to infuse RAS technology into the rocket and spacecraft arena
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| 2016 Oct 07 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail-2 Update Roundup: Testing, Delivery and a New Animation in the Works Check out the latest news on LightSail 2
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| 2016 Oct 03 |
Microsoft
North American Eagle and Microsoft IoT Partner To Give The World A Front Seat
An update on the North American Eagle supersonic car project, with onboard video from Ecliptic's RocketCam
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| 2016 Sep 06 |
The Planetary Society
Episode 74: Downlink Dr. Bruce Betts, LightSail Program Manager at The Planetary Society, provides an update on LightSail 2 testing, led by Ecliptic
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| 2016 Aug 08 |
The Planetary Society
Back to School: LightSail 2 and Prox-1 Provide Unique Experience for University Students Three Ecliptic employees are mentioned in this article
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| 2016 Jul 18 |
Sky & Telescope
40th Anniversary of Viking’s Red Planet Rendezvous Ecliptic CEO Rex Ridenoure was one of the 58 undergraduate Viking interns in 1976, and attended this event
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| 2016 Jul 13 |
The Planetary Society
Videos and Updates: LightSail 2 Shows Off Magnetic Personality
Here's the latest on LightSail-2 system testing, led by Ecliptic
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| 2016 Jun 08 |
NASA
Roll Out Solar Array Technology: Benefits for NASA, Commercial Sector Ecliptic is supplying the experiment control and data handling electronics for the planned 2017 ROSA experiment on the ISS
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| 2016 May 24 |
The Planetary Society
Mostly Smooth Sailing in San Luis Obispo: LightSail 2 Completes Day-in-the-Life Test This test culminates many weeks of preparatory technical work by the LightSail team, led by Ecliptic
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