RECENT NEWS
2018 Sep 26
A good summary of the historical context for the LightSail program2018 Aug 14
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).2018 Aug 10
Ecliptic designed and produced ASTERIA's core imaging focal plane electronics circuit board and related software/firmware2018 Aug 08
A summary of the final Operational Readiness Test for LightSail 2
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Nov 1
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Spacecraft separation sequencers (launched on Falcon 9 payload module)
Spaceflight SSO-A (earliest launch date) - Nov 17
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #10 (NG-10, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Feb 15
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3U CubeSat integrated with Prox 1 (launched on Falcon Heavy / STP-2 mission)
LightSail-2 solar sailing demo (approx. date) - Mar 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #11 (NG-11, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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Ecliptic Projects in the Media
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| Date | Headline |
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| 2008 Dec 21 |
CBS News / Spaceflight Now
Amid Uncertainty, NASA Plans for Ares 1-X Test Flight |
| 2008 Nov 24 |
The Space Review
Lessons from the 2008 Space VidVision Contest
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| 2008 Nov 07 |
Commercial Space Gateway
Space Cam Rocks! |
| 2008 Jul 16 |
Falcon Electric
Falcon®Electric Helps North American Eagle™ Become Fastest Land Vehicle in North America; Supersonic Land Speed Challenger Reaches 400 MPH — Advancing Its Goal to Exceed Current World Record of 763 MPH |
| 2008 Jun 24 |
NASA
Moon-Bound NASA Spacecraft Passes Major Preflight Tests |
| 2008 Jun 20 |
Space.com
NASA Launches New Satellite to Map Rising Seas |
| 2008 Jun 20 |
Spaceflight Now
Delta II Lifts Off With Ocean-Watching Satellite |
| 2008 Jun 20 |
AFP
Key Ocean-Measuring Satellite Launched Into Space |
| 2008 Jun 18 |
Seattle Weekly
Tailpipe Dream |
| 2008 Jun 05 |
Loral
Watch ICO G1 Antenna Deployment Video Captured by RocketCam™
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