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Satellite constellations are super expensive. How are they gonna pay for this?

• amock 5y ago
  According to https://femtostar.com/faq https://femtostar.com/faq there access tokens available for purchase.
  • pabs3 5y ago
    Seems like that section of the FAQ really needs more details.
  • swiley 5y ago
    Wow they probably should have used phi instead of F so people don't get it confused with the F* language.
• bArray 5y ago
  This was my initial impression too. Pine64 brings low-price hardware into the hands of hackers. A space-based communications system will require very serious investment. I have no idea how they intend to pay for this...
  • FemtoStar 5y ago
    Satellites are expensive indeed, but they are, at the very minimum, cheaper than they used to be. Their cost to launch is also highly impacted by their size and mass, which, in the case of FemtoStar, are both very small numbers (being a sub-1U cubesat). I should also clarify, Pine is a partner of the FemtoStar Project, but both are independent from each other and it's certainly not as if Pine is going it alone (in fact, the space segment is the job of the FemtoStar Project itself, not Pine). We currently have development funding from NLnet and focusing on developing the hardware this year while seeking funding for launch. - The FemtoStar Project