[HN Gopher] How to Make a CubeSat
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       How to Make a CubeSat
        
       Author : tectonic
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-08-17 15:42 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (orbitalindex.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (orbitalindex.com)
        
       | showerst wrote:
       | What's the ballpark price these days for building and launching a
       | basic cubesat?
        
         | walrus01 wrote:
         | Something like 100-200k for a small one, which are rather
         | limited in abilities and most of interest to amateur radio
         | nerds.
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         | There are several companies that sell partially built kits with
         | aluminum chassis, PV cells and battery/charge system.
        
           | metadat wrote:
           | Why aluminum chassis rather than carbon fiber or titanium?
        
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