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2019 Oct 09
Ecliptic-supplied avionics controlled the entire LCROSS science payload (9 instruments, including one from Ecliptic)2019 Oct 03
The 2017 ROSA demo experiment on the ISS highlighted in the article was entirely controlled by Ecliptic-supplied avionics2019 Aug 23
Solar sailing in progress!2019 Aug 23
Ecliptic-supplied avionics, batteries, transmitters and wire harnesses controlled 60 of the 64 satellite deployments on this launch
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Northrop Grumman CRS mission #12 (NG-12, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Apr 20
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Northrop Grumman CRS mission #13 (NG-13, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Nov 15
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Northrop Grumman CRS mission #14 (NG-14, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Feb 15
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Northrop Grumman CRS mission #16 (NG-16, 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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