[amsat-bb] SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program

[Ev Tupis]

 Nice, Greg!
Doing a little "back of the napkin" math...and assuming that a LEO is defined as 2,000km and less, I think (corrections sought, of course) an SSO LEO opportunity plays out as shown below...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-synchronous_orbit
http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm
Height   O/D   Footprint
282km    16    3835 km
574km    15    5532 km
901km    14    7016 km
1269km   13    8438 km
1688km   12    9876 km

O/D = orbits/day
Ev, W2EV

    On Thursday, August 29, 2019, 11:57:43 AM EDT, Gregory Beat via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:  
 
 SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program
Monthly missions as low as $1 million 
https://www.spacex.com/smallsat

SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program will provide small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to sun synchronous orbit (SSO) for ESPA class payloads for as low as $1M per mission, which includes up to 200 kg of payload mass.
Unlike traditional rideshare opportunities, these missions will not be dependent on a primary. These missions will be pre-scheduled and will not be held up by delays with co-passengers.

For payloads who run into development or production challenges leading up to launch, SpaceX will allow them to apply 100% of monies paid towards the cost of rebooking on a subsequent mission, subject to a 10% rebooking fee.

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greg, w9gb

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