Other than the fact that for $100, you *can’t* put a cubesat into LEO (the going price I hear is closer to $40-50k), it’s an interesting article.
Maybe he got confused with MSS’s SodaSat program? That’s close to the $100 price at least for our introductory pricing, but the flights on our proposed vehicle are suborbital, not orbital. And the $100 is for a 350g payload not a full cubesat (which tend to be 1-2kg, IIRC).
~Jon
Jon:
I think the hypothetical was assuming a cubesat lauch cost of $100 in 2019, what are the uses?
Surely by 2019 MSS and others will be offering $100/kg orbital launches, Jon. If that isn’t happening by then, we could be finding ourselves stuck in LEO for another thirty years.
Ed,
Ah…I must have missed the by 2019 number. $100/kg is still challenging, and the reality is even if a launcher can deliver that in a bulk flight, how much extra hand-holding and other services are you going to need.
Other than the fact that for $100, you *can’t* put a cubesat into LEO (the going price I hear is closer to $40-50k), it’s an interesting article.
Maybe he got confused with MSS’s SodaSat program? That’s close to the $100 price at least for our introductory pricing, but the flights on our proposed vehicle are suborbital, not orbital. And the $100 is for a 350g payload not a full cubesat (which tend to be 1-2kg, IIRC).
~Jon
Jon:
I think the hypothetical was assuming a cubesat lauch cost of $100 in 2019, what are the uses?
Surely by 2019 MSS and others will be offering $100/kg orbital launches, Jon. If that isn’t happening by then, we could be finding ourselves stuck in LEO for another thirty years.
Ed,
Ah…I must have missed the by 2019 number. $100/kg is still challenging, and the reality is even if a launcher can deliver that in a bulk flight, how much extra hand-holding and other services are you going to need.
~Jon