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2020 Jun 02
Ecliptic supplied the imaging focal plane electronics for this mission2020 May 04
Ecliptic was the lead systems contractor for LightSail 2, and its precursor LightSail 12020 Apr 30
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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34th Conference on Small Satellites
Logan, UT – Hosted by Utah State University - Nov 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #14 (NG-14, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Feb 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #16 (NG-16, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Apr 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #15 (NG-15, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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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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