If it cost $4,000,000 to launch a HEO we would have put one, possibly two of them up since AO-40. We would at least be building the second.
Also $500,000 will barely cover the cost of the solar panels. It will not cover the cost of the motor.
Dream on Macduff!
Bob N4HY
trevor wrote:
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:11:41 +0000 (GMT) From: Trevor [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HEO vs. LEO cost comparison To: AMSAT BB [email protected] Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
--- On Mon, 26/1/09, Eric Fort [email protected] wrote:
question, What is the cost comparison between launching 1 HEO sat vs. a constellation of LEO sats similar to what iridium has flying?
Wiki quotes the cost of the Iridium constellation at $6 Billion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium_(satellite)
An HEO satellite could cost $4 million to launch add to that the cost of the satellite itself, maybe $500k using volunteer labour.
73 Trevor M5AKA