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Page 1: Ecliptic Capabilities Update 2011 Q1 (1) - Aerospace Avionics

"Classic" commercial, civil and DoD aerospace projects

"Small, micro and nano" space efforts demanding affordable and responsive systems

"Entrepreneurial" aerospace enterprises demanding unique space-themed imagery addressing technical, adventure/tourism, media, edutainment and advertising objectives

Big Results from Small SystemsBig Results from Small SystemsEcliptic supplies imaging and avionics solutionsto a broad spectrum of the aerospace industry, including:

Capabilities UpdateCapabilities Update2011 1Q2011 1Q

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Avionics, Sensors and SoftwareFor Subsystem Control and Situational Awareness

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RocketCamRocketCamTMTM: Cost: Cost--effective situational effective situational awareness, from just about anywhereawareness, from just about anywhere

Stand-alone cameras. These miniature, ruggedized NTSC and PAL color video cameras image

dynamic events in harsh environments from onboard rockets, spacecraft and other remote platforms. This internally-mounted model is used to obtain video of separations and deployments from the launch vehicle, and to provide ongoing confirmation of spacecraft deployments and status from orbit. These cameras perform well even with the Sun in the FOV, providing fast response to step changes in illumination.

Illuminators. When additional light is needed to capture the desired scene, LED illuminators are

integrated with the cameras above, or mounted separately off-axis from the camera FOV. LED technology is rugged, power-efficient and easily scalable to provide a range of light intensities.

Pod-mounted cameras. Externally-mounted NTSC and PAL color video cameras in pods or fairings

are used to image rockets during ascent, providing video of engine plumes and the receding Earth, along with stage and fairing separation and spacecraft deployment events, while obtaining valuable engineering confirmation of vehicle dynamics and status.

LWIR cameras. Similar to the NTSC and PAL cameras above, miniature uncooled LWIR video cameras

capture key scenes and events in the 8 to 12 micron wavelength band. Such coverage is useful for understanding thermal and radiometric data including plume phenomenology, separation events, chuff tracks and other dynamic phenomena. These cameras can be mounted in simple brackets or inside protective fairings.

High-speed cameras. High-speed video cameras are used to capture critical, short-lived events such

as rocket staging, fairing separation, payload separation, parachute deployments and other important mechanical operations. Frames rates as high as 200 frames/sec are supported, with appropriate data buffering and formatting.

“GEOCam”. To accommodate the rigors of the higher space-radiation environment of GEO orbits,

NTSC, PAL or high-definition cameras and their control electronics are integrated into a thicker aluminum housing. This “GEOCam” system provides a digital video stream at variable frame rates and compression levels to match just about any host platform’s downlink bandwidth capability. The HD design includes digital zoom and windowing capability.

High-definition cameras. To meet higher resolution imaging requirements, high-

definition video cameras using 1 Megapixel+ sensors are employed. Tailored control and data-transport electronics allow the user to manipulate frame rate, compression level and data buffering to match available data throughput and downlink constraints.

Sensor assemblies. When multiple sensors are required on a given platform, they can be integrated

together and co-boresighted or otherwise aligned with respect to each other. Common control and data-handling electronics are employed to simplify operation of the sensor cluster.

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Subsystem Controllers RocketPod™

Our success in implementing these systems...

…has enabled us to introduce advanced capabilities

RocketCam™ Analog Video System (AVS)

● Designed for simplicity and minimum footprint

● Integrated camera, battery pack, analog transmitter and control circuitry

● Various configuration options

RocketCam™ Digital Video Assembly (DVA)

RocketCam™ Digital Video System (DVS)

● Combines AVS and DVS features● Integral battery and transmitter● Interfaces for 2 camera outputs ● Sequential camera operation ● Four standard compression levels ● Four discrete commands

● Interfaces for up to 16 sensors ● One to four simultaneous video

streams● Stored and event-driven sequencing● Various compression options● Various output data formats

● Employs DVS controller as core avionics unit

● Controls sensors, avionics and other instrumentation

● Supports control and monitoring of mechanical operations

● Flexible sequencing and data-handling capabilities

● Provides flexible event timing and sequencing functions

● Autonomous, semi-autonomous and manual control options

● Real-time, stored and store-and-forward data handling capability

● Scalable architecture

● Capitalizes on proven RocketCam interfaces

● Accommodates one CubeSat● Serves as an experiment carrier,

controller and deployer● Supports deployed or attached

experiments

Ground Support Equipment

● Controls DVS during test and ops● Displays sensor and engineering

metadata● Can be tailored to each

application

Integrated Sequencers

Advanced analog and digital sensor subsystems Advanced analog and digital sensor subsystems and small spaceand small space--payload capabilitiespayload capabilities

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SmartPod™

● Capitalizes on proven RocketCam interfaces

● Incorporates key DVS functions inside fairing

● Can serve as integrated experiment carrier/controller

● Experiment stays inside fairing

Radiation-Tolerant DVS

● Designed for years of continuous operation

● Incorporates most popular DVS features

● Various sensor options

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Who is using Ecliptic products and services?Who is using Ecliptic products and services?

Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation398 W. Washington Blvd., Suite 100 Pasadena, CA 91103 USA 626-798-2436 626-798-2251

Silicon Valley office at Moffett Field, CA

As business expands outward from Earth, Ecliptic will be there As business expands outward from Earth, Ecliptic will be there

Commercial AerospaceCommercial Aerospace– Lockheed Martin– Boeing– Northrop Grumman– United Launch Alliance– ATK– Orbital– Ball– United Space Alliance– ILC Dover– Loral– Echostar

Entrepreneurial AerospaceEntrepreneurial Aerospace– Scaled Composites– XCOR Aerospace– Garvey Spacecraft Corporation– Team Encounter– Zero G Corporation / Space

Adventures

Civil AerospaceCivil Aerospace– NASA Ames, Goddard, Marshall,

Dryden, Wallops, Langley

DoDDoD AerospaceAerospace– DARPA– APL

NonNon--Profits, Academic and OtherProfits, Academic and Other– The Planetary Society– UC Berkeley– SouthWest Research Institute– The Musk Foundation– MIT / Lincoln Lab– Utah State University Research

Foundation

– QinetiQ– QUALCOMM– SpaceDev / SNC– Spectrum Astro / GD– AeroAstro / Comtech– Alliance Spacesystems / MDR– Austrian Aerospace / RUAG– Jackson and Tull– Planning Systems, Inc.– Cartwright Engineering / MEGGITT– SGT

– Moon Express– Blue Origin– QuakeFinder– Space Services, Inc.– Asia Pacific Space Centre

– JPL– Canadian Space Agency

– NRO– Aerospace Corporation

– IdeaLab– Takeoff Technologies– Imager Labs– CSI Productions– North American Eagle 800 mph car team– American Film Institute– Antenna Films

Notable Ecliptic ProjectsNotable Ecliptic Projects

Delta Atlas Shuttle SpaceShipOne LCROSSAres 1-X GRAIL

1997+ 2000+ 2002+ 2004 20092008+ 2011

© 2004-2011 Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation. All rights reserved.RocketCamTM, GEOCamTM, SmartPodTM and RocketPodTM are trademarksof Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation. Selected images courtesy NASA, JPL,Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Scaled Composites, Thermoteknix, ICO andEchoStar. Overall design by American Aerospace Advisors Inc., Radnor, PA

Rev. 2011 March ED012902C

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