[amsat-bb] Re: Your Own Personal Satellite

[G0MRF@aol.com]

Or, another way of comparing the cost of $8000 for 3 weeks operation  is:
 
TubeSat  $8000 for 21 days =  $380 per day
 
AO-51   $100,000 for 1850 days = $54 per day.  and if it  lasts for another 
5 years. $27 per day.
 
What a good deal AO-51 was. Thank you Robin/Spacequest/AMSAT-NA
 
 
Regards
 
David
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 04/08/2009 01:16:11 GMT Standard Time,  
jeffrey.davis at mac.com writes:

For MUCH  less than the price of an IC-7800...

"Planet Earth has entered the age  of the Personal Satellite with the  
introduction of Interorbital’s  TubeSat Personal Satellite (PS) Kit.  
The new IOS TubeSat PS Kit is  the low-cost alternative to the CubeSat.  
It has three-quarters of  the mass (0.75-kg) and volume of a CubeSat,  
but still offers plenty  of room for most experiments or functions."