RECENT NEWS
2018 Apr 12
Ecliptic developed the core imager focal plane-to-computer interface for ASTERIA2018 Mar 20
LightSail 2 is now officially out of our hands and awaiting launch on the 2nd SpaceX Falcon Heavy, sometime this summer2018 Mar 01
LightSail 2 will launch on this Falcon Heavy, inside the Prox-1 spacecraft2018 Feb 14
This is the ride to orbit for LightSail 2, which will be nestled inside the Prox-1 spacecraft at launch
UPCOMING EVENTS
- May 1
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Cygnus
Orbital ATK CRS mission #9 (OA-9, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Apr 30 - May 2
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15th CubeSat Developers Workshop
San Luis Obispo, CA – Organized by Cal Poly San Luis Obispo - Jun 13
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3U CubeSat integrated with Prox 1 (launched on Falcon Heavy / STP-2 mission)
LightSail-2 solar sailing demo (earliest date of a 60-day launch window) - Jun 15
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North American Eagle 800-mph supersonic car
World land speed record attempt (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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