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Why build it if the cost is 10K+ to deploy?

tectonic 7y ago
...it's really not that expensive anymore. https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/20009/cubesat-launch-costs https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/20009/cubesat-laun...
- sfkdjf9j3j 7y ago
  According to your link the price is more like $100k+
  - 0xdeadbeefbabe 7y ago
    https://spaceflight.com/schedule-pricing/#pricing https://spaceflight.com/schedule-pricing/#pricing seemed like a great deal till I saw "Pricing in thousands (USD)"
    - echelon 7y ago
      You're not the primary audience for this (yet). This orders of magnitude cheaper than it used to be and will enable a broad wealth of new startups and applications in LEO. It's nothing short of a revolution.
  - tectonic 7y ago
    The point is that a launch cost of $100k is totally manageable by a startup, which is very different than a decade ago.
    - craftyguy 7y ago
      The point is that $100k > $10k, so stating that "it's really not that expensive anymore" is false.
blach 7y ago
There are starting to be some lower cost options. A recent Kickstarter promised a ~$250 price point for a Femtosat/Sprite size craft launched as a rideshare inside a 3U Cubesat: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ambasat/ambasat-1-an-educational-space-satellite-kit/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ambasat/ambasat-1-an-ed... (not speaking to the likelihood of it actually launching, just that it is purportedly an option)
reaperducer 7y ago
Why build it if the cost is 10K+ to deploy? "Why build a computer if it costs $10K+ for a special room?"- 1960's naysayers.
marshall_law 7y ago
10 years ago the cheapest launch options were in the $1-10M, and that's if you could even find a secondary / ride-along deployment. most satellite launches then would simply purchase a whole rocket, on order of $100s of M. While this isn't consumer pricing yet, the orders of magnitude cost decrease because of lower cost / smaller satellites have made this much more accessible, and it's only going to continue as launch costs come down.

...it's really not that expensive anymore. https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/20009/cubesat-launch-costs https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/20009/cubesat-laun...

sfkdjf9j3j 7y ago
According to your link the price is more like $100k+
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 7y ago
  https://spaceflight.com/schedule-pricing/#pricing https://spaceflight.com/schedule-pricing/#pricing seemed like a great deal till I saw "Pricing in thousands (USD)"
  - echelon 7y ago
    You're not the primary audience for this (yet). This orders of magnitude cheaper than it used to be and will enable a broad wealth of new startups and applications in LEO. It's nothing short of a revolution.
- tectonic 7y ago
  The point is that a launch cost of $100k is totally manageable by a startup, which is very different than a decade ago.
  - craftyguy 7y ago
    The point is that $100k > $10k, so stating that "it's really not that expensive anymore" is false.

blach 7y ago

There are starting to be some lower cost options. A recent Kickstarter promised a ~$250 price point for a Femtosat/Sprite size craft launched as a rideshare inside a 3U Cubesat: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ambasat/ambasat-1-an-educational-space-satellite-kit/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ambasat/ambasat-1-an-ed... (not speaking to the likelihood of it actually launching, just that it is purportedly an option)

reaperducer 7y ago

Why build it if the cost is 10K+ to deploy? "Why build a computer if it costs $10K+ for a special room?"- 1960's naysayers.

marshall_law 7y ago

10 years ago the cheapest launch options were in the $1-10M, and that's if you could even find a secondary / ride-along deployment. most satellite launches then would simply purchase a whole rocket, on order of $100s of M. While this isn't consumer pricing yet, the orders of magnitude cost decrease because of lower cost / smaller satellites have made this much more accessible, and it's only going to continue as launch costs come down.