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, [email protected] 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." _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
