RECENT NEWS
2021 Jan 06
Ecliptic is on the Dynetics team providing high-definition video systems and auxiliary/secondary payload control and data management avionics2020 Dec 23
Ecliptic's sequencer avionics will control the ejection of smallsats and CubeSats from three different firms manifested on this launch, leveraging heritage from the 2018 Falcon 9 SSO-A launch where Ecliptic sequencers successfuly controlled 60 of the 64 satellite ejections2020 Nov 13
Ecliptic is on the development team for ExoCam2020 Oct 23
Ecliptic provided context-imaging cameras to support these RRM3 tests and demonstrations
UPCOMING EVENTS
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #17 (NG-17, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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| 2018 Dec 03 |
CNBC
SpaceX Breaks Records with 'SmallSat Express' Launch, Including Flying and Landing the Same Rocket 3 Times Ecliptic-supplied avionics controlled most of the smallsat deployments. More in-depth news to follow ...
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| 2018 Nov 11 |
Forbes
Rocket Lab Just Launched Its First Commercial Rocket Into Orbit Good pic here of the NABEO-1 hosted payload on the Electron 3rd stage
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| 2018 Nov 11 |
Space News
Rocket Lab Performs First Commercial Launch 
A successful launch, including the Ecliptic-Rocket Lab Hosted Payload Program pathfinder payload, NABEO-1
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| 2018 Nov 09 |
ESA
NABEO-1 to be Launched on Rocket Lab's Electron NABEO-1 is the 'pathfinder' payload for the Ecliptic-led Hosted Payload Program with Rocket Lab
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| 2018 Sep 26 |
The Planetary Society
How LightSail and a NASA Study Helped Pave the Way for Mars-bound CubeSats A good summary of the historical context for the LightSail program
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| 2018 Aug 14 |
JPL
ASTERIA Wins Small Satellite Mission of the Year Award 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).
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| 2018 Aug 10 |
MIT
ASTERIA Measures Exoplanet Transit - A First for CubeSats Ecliptic designed and produced ASTERIA's core imaging focal plane electronics circuit board and related software/firmware
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| 2018 Aug 09 |
Noozhawk (Santa Barbara)
Preparations Underway for NASA’s ICESat-2 Launch Next Month at Vandenberg Air Force Base This will be the last Delta II launch and the last Ecliptic RocketCam video system on the Delta rocket family
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| 2018 Aug 08 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail 2 updates: Launch Date Slips, Environmental Test Complete, New Video Released
A summary of the final Operational Readiness Test for LightSail 2
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| 2018 Aug 08 |
Space News
Rocket Lab Announces Order for 10 Electron Launches from New Dubai Company This article also mentions Ecliptic's hosted payload agreement with Rocket Lab
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