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imipak
post Feb 19 2009, 01:56 PM
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The Register has a story linking to a Flight International piece describing a proposed new microsat launcher for payloads up to 200kg. The concept is something like a Pegasus stage, launched from the White Knight Two Virgin / Scaled Composites mothership. I can't help speculating about the cost of a nanosat launch via this method...


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post Feb 19 2009, 02:53 PM
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SSTL have already been on record about the ability to get a high res orbing asset built and launched for <$5M - which would be remarkable.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7862827.stm

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- imipak   LauncherOne, proposed new microsat launcher   Feb 19 2009, 01:56 PM
- - djellison   SSTL have already been on record about the ability...   Feb 19 2009, 02:53 PM
|- - Juramike   The key quote from the BBC article is that the lau...   Feb 19 2009, 03:09 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Just for comparison, I see the Falcon 1e is a bit ...   Feb 20 2009, 01:18 AM
- - qraal   200 kg at $1 M is $5,000/kg which is CHE...   Feb 22 2009, 05:44 AM

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