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@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.
== greg, w9gb
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