Most people have probably never heard the name Rex Ridenoure, but chances are they have seen his work. The company he co-founded, Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation, helped to pioneer the placement of cameras on launch vehicles and satellites that beam down live in-flight video footage. But, Ecliptic – which was acquired by the Spanish company, ARQUIMEA, in July – is about a lot more than cameras.
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Ecliptic Enterprises, a small California company that pioneered the use of live video cameras on rocket launches, has been acquired by ARQUIMEA, a Spanish technology company active in space, defense, health care, and technology development.
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PASADENA, Calif. (NASA PR) — Wildfires can wreak havoc on human health, property and communities, so it’s imperative to detect them as early as possible. That’s why NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, is developing a network of space-based sensors called FireSat in collaboration with Quadra Pi R2E, San Francisco.
FireSat would be a constellation of more than 200 thermal infrared imaging sensors on satellites designed to quickly locate wildfires around the globe. Once operational, FireSat would represent the most complete monitoring coverage of wildfires ever from space.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 27, 2015 (SpaceVR PR)– SpaceVR, the world’s first virtual reality platform with the ability to share live 3D, 360-degree content from the International Space Station (ISS), signs agreement with Rex Ridenoure, CEO at Ecliptic, to join the advisory board of the company.
Ecliptic is a space avionics and sensor systems company and the leading global supplier of systems used to capture in-space video content. The Pasadena, California-based firm is best known for its RocketCam™ product family used successfully on more than 130 rocket and spacecraft applications. Ecliptic has multiple contracts to provide experiment control and data-handling avionics for experiments scheduled for operation on the International Space Station (ISS) in the 2016-2017 timeframe, and is also lead system contractor on the LightSail CubeSat program.
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Out of the Cradle has an interesting interview with Rex Ridenoure, whose Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation provides RocketCams provide views during launches. He discusses his career and his love of space, and he also has some advice for young entrepreneurs who wish to follow in his footsteps.
