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they quoted $20k (ballpark) per mission - that strikes me as a little high for 25g to LEO. What is that paying for? Using the old benchmark of $10k per lb to
by vpribish 11y ago
they quoted $20k (ballpark) per mission - that strikes me as a little high for 25g to LEO. What is that paying for?
Using the old benchmark of $10k per lb to LEO 25g could cost $550.
Cubesats weigh up to 1.3kg and cost about $100k to launch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat#Costs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat#Costs) - so that works out to $2,000 for 25g.
Is that extra $18k going to bespoke mission planning work or amortized development costs or really great t-shirts?
This is very exciting, of course. I'm tickled by a non-game web-form having this label: "Select how many satellites you wish to launch"