Greg,
One million dollars is still an awful lot of money. Given the almost mythical status of the "cheap ham" where are we going to come up with that kind of cash?
John
Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone On Aug 29, 2019 11:54, Gregory Beat via AMSAT-BB [email protected] 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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Just look at the current ARISS need, last I saw it was not up to 40% of the $150,000 goal.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2019, 09:53 John Kludt via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
Greg,
One million dollars is still an awful lot of money. Given the almost mythical status of the "cheap ham" where are we going to come up with that kind of cash?
John
Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone On Aug 29, 2019 11:54, Gregory Beat via AMSAT-BB [email protected] 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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On 2019-08-29 12:34, Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Just look at the current ARISS need, last I saw it was not up to 40% of the $150,000 goal.
My $25 .. heck .. $100 donation offer still stands.
$999,900 to go. Who's with me?
--- Zach N0ZGO
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