[amsat-bb] Re: Rideshare missions to GTO, only $14 million for Eagle, $800K for 3U Cubesat
Bob- W7LRD
w7lrd at comcast.net
Wed Feb 2 23:39:08 PST 2011
An interesting read http://spaceflightservices.com/DocFiles/SpaceFlight_Services_Secondary_PL_Planner_guide.pdf
Maybe we could all pool our Visa cards.
73 Bob W7LRD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Schultz" <n8fgv at usa.net>
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 1, 2011 10:33:35 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Rideshare missions to GTO, only $14 million for Eagle, $800K for 3U Cubesat
Spaceflight Services Announces Lunar and GTO Mission Pricing
Prague, CZ - September 30, 2010: Spaceflight Services (Spaceflight) announced
today pricing for small payloads to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) and
Low Lunar Orbit (LLO).
Spaceflight, as part of the Rocket City Space Pioneer Google Lunar X-Prize
Team, is responsible for mission integration and providing space
transportation services to Low Lunar Orbit. Spaceflight is providing flight
opportunities for ESPA class spacecraft (spacecraft weighing less than 180 kg)
interested in launch services to GTO and Low Lunar Orbit.
The proposed mission, which is slated for Q4 2013 or Q1 2014, will deploy
three ESPA payloads into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit and two additional
payloads in a Low Lunar Orbit. The mission is also open to smaller spacecraft
looking for a low cost ride to either of these destinations.
Mission pricing for small payloads to GTO begins at $795,000 for a 3U CubeSat
and up to $13,950,000 for a full ESPA spacecraft.
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This is considered a "Low Cost Ride" in the commercial world. This is the free
market value of the launch that we are hoping to get for significantly less.
Wish us luck...
http://www.spaceflightservices.com/MHome.php
http://www.spaceflightservices.com/NewsFSFlunarPR.php
Dan Schultz N8FGV
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