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2020 Aug 28
Ecliptic is supporting the Masten mission with avionics for payload control and data handling as well as a complete 4K HD video system2020 Aug 21
Ecliptic leads overall development of the Lunar ExoCam imaging system and supporting avionics, and is also supporting mission and systems engineering trades and analyses2020 Aug 19
Ecliptic is providing onboard HD video systems and control and data-handling functions for secondary and auxiliary payloads2020 Jul 02
On-orbit lifetime is now expected to last two years vs. the pre-launch estimate of one year
UPCOMING EVENTS
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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) - Apr 15
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Northrop Grumman CRS mission #15 (NG-15, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Jun 15
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Northrop Grumman CRS mission #17 (NG-17, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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Riki Munakata
COO
Riki has a strong foundation is mechanical engineering and analysis, subsystem- and system-level spacecraft testing and small spacecraft project/program management.
He is responsible for most of Ecliptic's day-to-day technical operations and for coordinating several aspects of the firm's project-level customer relationships, staffing and facilities issues He also contributes to the firm's R&D planning efforts and to various technical contracts, including lead systems engineer on the twin LightSail 3U CubeSats.
Before coming to Ecliptic, as a graduate student Riki worked as Deputy Manager of their pioneering CubeSat Program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, setting the widely adopted standards for this global initiative. While in this role he was the technical lead for all activities and also coordinated all related student activities in support of the program.
- M.S. and B.S. Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo