Your point of reference includes 2 ground control centers, and 30 satellites. To suggest that launching a single satellite would cost the same is to me, laughab

Your point of reference includes 2 ground control centers, and 30 satellites. To suggest that launching a single satellite would cost the same is to me, laughable. This if anything proves my point, nothing seems insane about launching a lens into space. We have satellites now, this is essentially one with a lens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)#System_description https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)... I'm not discounting anything, just assuming scientists and engineers involved have done their job.