[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: Launch your own satellite for only 8k

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In a message dated 06/08/2009 08:44:08 GMT Standard Time,  
Richard at g3rwl.demon.co.uk writes:

I'm  surprised no-one else has done the math on this. The website says 
they'll  launch 30 tubesats on a flight. 30 x eight grand comes out just 
under a  quarter million US dollars - and they say this will cover *all* 
associated  services as well as the launch. I find it rather hard to 
believe that even  the launch vehicle would only cost US$240K per flight.

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73
Richard W L Limebear G3RWL
g3rwl at amsat.org
FOC #  1188



30 x 0.75 kg is almost no payload.
Presumably the rest of the cost is covered by a primary payload or lager  
better more expensive TubeSats.
 
If their idea for frequency allocation is typical of the rest of their  
planning, I suspect this is just vopourware which will never fly.
 
David