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2019 Dec 03

LightSail 2 is Popular Science's Grand Award Winner for Aerospace

The project was named #1 in a field of many for innovations in aerospace for 2019
2019 Nov 21

The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 Named One of TIME’s 100 Best Inventions of 2019

Ecliptic was lead spacecraft systems contractor for LightSail 2 (and LightSail 1)
2019 Oct 09

NASA Slammed a Rocket Body Into the Moon for Science 10 Years Ago Today

Ecliptic-supplied avionics controlled the entire LCROSS science payload (9 instruments, including one from Ecliptic)
2019 Oct 03

Maxar Selects Deployable Space Systems to Build Solar Arrays for Gateway’s Power and Propulsion Element

The 2017 ROSA demo experiment on the ISS highlighted in the article was entirely controlled by Ecliptic-supplied avionics

Feb 3 - 6: SmallSat Symposium
Mountain View, CA – Organized by SatNews
Feb 7: Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #13 (NG-13, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
Nov 15: Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #14 (NG-14, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
Feb 15: Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #16 (NG-16, on Antares 230) (approx. date)

Date	Headline
2019 Jul 23	Scientific American Solar Sailing Success: Planetary Society Deploys LightSail 2 The successful sail deployment initiates the primary solar sailing phase of the mission!
2019 Jul 19	The Planetary Society Live Coverage: LightSail 2 Sail Deployment Watch the mission team conduct sail deployment operations
2019 Jul 19	The Planetary Society LightSail 2 Sail Deployment Scheduled for Tuesday Follow it on July 23 (see next news post)
2019 Jul 17	The Planetary Society LightSail 2 Team Continues Tweaks and Tests for Sail Deployment Testing continues ...
2019 Jul 09	The Planetary Society LightSail 2 Team to Conduct More Testing before Sail Deployment The latest ...
2019 Jul 03	The Planetary Society LightSail 2 Healthy as Mission Team Continues Spacecraft Checkouts Follow the mission here: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/?keywords=lightsail
2019 Jul 02	The Planetary Society First Contact! LightSail 2 Phones Home to Mission Control The LightSail-2 mission begins!
2019 Jun 25	The Planetary Society LightSail 2 Has Launched! Ejection of LightSail-2 from the Prox-1 spacecraft will be in several days
2019 Jun 17	The Planetary Society What to Expect When LightSail 2 Launches Into Space Launch is scheduled for June 24
2019 May 21	Space News Air Force SMC Seeks to Expand Development Testing The ROSA experiment on ISS highlighted in this article was controlled by Ecliptic-supplied avionics