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2018 Dec 03
Ecliptic-supplied avionics controlled most of the smallsat deployments. More in-depth news to follow ...2018 Nov 11
Good pic here of the NABEO-1 hosted payload on the Electron 3rd stage2018 Nov 11
A successful launch, including the Ecliptic-Rocket Lab Hosted Payload Program pathfinder payload, NABEO-12018 Nov 09
NABEO-1 is the 'pathfinder' payload for the Ecliptic-led Hosted Payload Program with Rocket Lab
UPCOMING EVENTS
- 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) - Apr 17
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #11 (NG-11, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Aug 15
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North American Eagle 800-mph supersonic car
World land speed record attempt (approx. date) - Nov 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #12 (NG-12, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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Ecliptic Projects in the Media
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| 2017 Dec 07 |
JPL
JPL Deploys a CubeSat for Astronomy Ecliptic engineered the focal plane control and data-handling electronics for ASTERIA's camera system
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| 2017 Nov 21 |
Nanoracks
NanoRacks Completes 13th CubeSat Deployment Mission from Space Station, First “Doublewide” Satellites Ecliptic supplied the imaging focal plane assembly for JPL's ASTERIA 6U CubeSat
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| 2017 Nov 20 |
Portland Business Journal
Oregon Beer Showdown 2017: A Portland Brewer 'Eclipses' the Field Ecliptic Brewing (Portland, Oregon) is Ecliptic's official company beer --
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| 2017 Oct 27 |
The Planetary Society
Here's How Engineers Closed Out LightSail 2 for Flight All images here were taken in Ecliptic's lab in Pasadena, CA. Final close-out was performed by Ecliptic's Stephanie Wong.
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| 2017 Sep 26 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail-2 Animation
A brief video animation of the LightSail-2 assembly process (part-by-part) and overall mission profile
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| 2017 Sep 20 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail 2: The Next Step
A brief video summary of the LightSail-2 project status, featuring several shots of Ecliptic engineers at work during final spacecraft system testing
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| 2017 Sep 01 |
SatMagazine / Satnews
Innovation: Solar Array Success for SSL Implementation—A Space Systems Loral Focus
The value of the ROSA demo on ISS, controlled by Ecliptic-supplied avionics, is highlighted
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| 2017 Aug 28 |
Forbes
Meet The Rocket Scientist Putting Singapore's Spacetech Scene On The Map BSE is an Ecliptic customer, and Ecliptic is facilitating BSE's acquisition of additional ISS experiment modules
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| 2017 Aug 23 |
The Planetary Society
A Good Time for Solar Sailing: LightSail 2 Finds Itself Among Friends This article puts the LightSail-2 project in context with other sail-based spacecraft projects
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| 2017 Aug 14 |
Wired
The Plan to Put a 3-D Printer With Robot Arms Into Orbit Ecliptic provided Made In Space with a multi-camera RocketCam Digital Video System for monitoring Archinaut operations from inside the thermal-vacuum chamber at NASA Ames
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