Time to have a FUND raiser for a new bird WA4HFN
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM, wa4hfn@comcast.net wrote:
Time to have a FUND raiser for a new bird
Somebody just asked me, how much is it to develop/launch a new bird?
Anybody care to share some concrete numbers?
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Somebody just asked me, how much is it to develop/launch a new bird?
The typical small satellite projects I have seen in DoD typically cost about $5 to $10 million or more. Then for DoD, the launch is free (its gets paid for out of a different pot)..
Bob, Wb4APR
On Wednesday, 2011-05-18 17:02 +0200, Alexander Sack wrote:
Somebody just asked me, how much is it to develop/launch a new bird?
Labour and components for Sunsat (SO-35) cost around 11 million South African rand (or 2 million USD at the time). The launch was sponsored by NASA in exchange for payloads that were flown.
For Sumbandila (SO-67) it was 12 million ZAR (1.7 million USD). The launch was financed by our Department of Science and Technology.
73 de ZR1CBC, Johann.
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