RECENT NEWS
2017 Jun 20
More video views of the ROSA experiment on ISS2017 Jun 19
Ecliptic avionics controlled all aspects of the ROSA experiment: deployment, dynamic excitation, sensor data-taking and data-handling, onboard video2017 Jun 12
Ecliptic-supplied avionics will control all aspects of the ROSA experiment2017 Jun 02
Soon LightSail 2 and Prox-1 will be integrated together, one step closer to launch
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Jun 27 - 29
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NewSpace 2017
San Francisco, CA – Organized by the Space Frontier Foundation - Aug 5 - 10
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Small Satellite Conference
Logan, UT – Organized and hosted by Utah State University - Aug 17
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ISS-deployed 6U CubeSat (launched on Falcon 9 / SpaceX CRS mission #12)
ASTERIA exoplanet-detection mission (approx. date) - Sep 12
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Cygnus
Orbital ATK CRS mission #8 (OA-8, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
LASTEST VIDEO
Ecliptic Projects in the Media
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| 2015 Dec 31 |
The Planetary Society
Twelve Amazing Science Stories We Can't Wait to Follow In 2016 One of the twelve stories is "The citizen-funded LightSail sets sail"
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| 2015 Dec 17 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Program Wraps Busy Year with Test Readiness Review The integration and testing of LightSail B, led by Ecliptic, is coming along nicely
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| 2015 Dec 10 |
Missile Defense Agency
Standard Missile Completes First Intercept Test from Aegis Ashore Test Site A RocketCam system supported this test
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| 2015 Dec 09 |
Orbital ATK
Cygnus OA-4 Array Deploy at 3 Frames per Second
This onboard video was captured by an Ecliptic RocketCam system
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| 2015 Dec 03 |
Spaceflight Now
Atlas 5 / Cygnus Launch [Now scheduled for Dec 6 after three scrubs due to poor weather] An Ecliptic RocketCam system on the Cygnus cargo vehicle will provide (non-realtime) onboard views of Cygnus solar array deployment and ISS rendezvous and proximity operations
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| 2015 Nov 25 |
The Planetary Society
In Pictures: LightSail Cameras Prepped for Flight Highlights of current LightSail-B activity in Ecliptic's lab
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| 2015 Nov 19 |
Kickstarter
FireSat: Near Real-Time Global Wildfire / Oil Spill Detection Ecliptic is the commercial production supplier for the FireSat sensors
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| 2015 Nov 19 |
NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Satellite Sensors Would Deliver Global Fire Coverage
Ecliptic is the commercial production partner for the FireSat effort
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| 2015 Oct 26 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail Deployer Passes Prox-1 Fit Check Ecliptic is leading the LightSail-B integration and testing effort
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| 2015 Oct 16 |
The Planetary Society
LightSail and Prox-1 Start Testing and Integration Process Ecliptic is leading the LightSail-B integration and testing effort
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