RECENT NEWS
2020 Jan 17
Ecliptic developed the core electronics and embedded software for ASTERIA's imaging focal plane assembly2019 Dec 24
The LightSail-2 mission made the list!2019 Dec 03
The project was named #1 in a field of many for innovations in aerospace for 20192019 Nov 21
Ecliptic was lead spacecraft systems contractor for LightSail 2 (and LightSail 1)
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Feb 3 - 6
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SmallSat Symposium
Mountain View, CA – Organized by SatNews - Feb 9
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #13 (NG-13, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Nov 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #14 (NG-14, on Antares 230) (approx. date) - Feb 15
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Cygnus
Northrop Grumman CRS mission #16 (NG-16, on Antares 230) (approx. date)
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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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