> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronan Heffernan [mailto:ronan@iotcorp.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 10:15 PM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] A New Project!!!!
>
> According to www.amsat.org, the AO-10 is 90kg plus fuel. If
> NASA only
> charged $30K for that payload, then there was a massive educational
> discount in place. From what I have heard in various
> documentaries, the
> actual cost to NASA to loft one pound via the space shuttles is $10K
> (and I think that that cost applies also to every pound of
> space shuttle
> and crew).
>
AO-10 is NOT a microsat, it was a big Molniya orbiter and
carried I think 4 transponders.
Here is a new microsat that they are working on right now.
it is a 10kg unit, but it will give you a idea of what is
built into them, size, power, system OS, etc.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/echo/AMSAT_OSCAR-E.pdf
This unit is on the large end of the microsats I think they
have launched units that are just a bit smaller than a
socker ball. These usually only have one function, or transponder
and are very simple in design.
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