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Pasadena, CA, 29th August 2024.
ARQUIMEA through its US Subsidiary Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation, a leading provider of onboard video systems for launch platforms, satellites, orbital vehicles, and spacecraft, has been awarded a contract to supply United Launch Alliance (ULA) with their RocketCam™ HD video systems for the Vulcan rocket launch platform.
This contract, awarded in early July, underscores Ecliptic’s commitment to delivering advanced RocketCam™ technology. The video system will enable ULA to monitor launch operations in high definition, ensuring safety and optimizing mission success.
Over the next two years, Ecliptic will provide ULA with over 40 RocketCam™ HD video system shipsets, with initial flight deliveries scheduled to begin in early 2025. “We are excited to support ULA’s future launch successes,” said Mike Alvarez, CEO of Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation. “Our RocketCam™ technology represents the culmination of decades of expertise, and we look forward to contributing to ULA’s continued achievements.”
Ecliptic has participated in more than 150 space missions throughout its more than 20-year history. The company has successfully developed, manufactured and launched more than 500 cameras into space.
Ecliptic is part of the technology company ARQUIMEA since July 2023. ARQUIMEA also has an important footprint in the space sector.
ARQUIMEA is a Spanish technology company that operates globally in technically demanding sectors, such as the aerospace, defence, science industry, biotechnology and fintech sectors.
With more than 18 years of experience, it collaborates in the space sector with the leading space agencies, such as NASA, JAXA and ESA, leading companies in traditional space and New Space, international consortia, universities and research centers.
Today, ARQUIMEA has evolved into a comprehensive supplier with the capability to develop and manufacture entire satellites, systems, subsystems and critical components.
Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation is a leader in space avionics and sensors. Established in 2001, the company has a long history of producing high reliability and radiation tolerant space avionics and imaging solutions. From its facilities in Pasadena, California, Ecliptic develops, manufactures, and tests modular systems embedded in satellites, rockets and space vehicles for situation awareness, vehicle inspection and earth observation imaging, data management, storage and networking modules, experiment and payload data acquisitions and control, and sequencing, actuation, and deployment control and capture. Ecliptic’s typical systems range from heritage-based COTS to 15-yr Space Grade systems allowing its customers to optimally configure their different mission needs.
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