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Something like Astrosat or cheaper? At ~$25M it's rather cheap in relation to launch prices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrosat https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by okl 6y ago
Something like Astrosat or cheaper? At ~$25M it's rather cheap in relation to launch prices.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrosat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrosat
> Also, if there is one basic platform, sending different telescopes with quite different sensor packages would be an option.
Satellites are usually designed around an integrator's platform, called "bus".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_bus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_bus
- _ph_ 6y agoI was more thinking of roughly hubble-sized telescopes, but as a program optimized for having several telescopes. Like spending 1 billion in total for a larger amount of telescopes, which can be easily replaced should one fail or new instruments are required.