I am 300million short and have no experience raising capital, but if (and I guess there isn't any way for hams to raise 300mil), there was, I'd volunteer to do as much as I could ...
Maybe that means soldering boards all night, or passing out a tin cup for donations .... but I'd do what I could...as a volunteer maybe one day something will make going geo possible <shrugs> Was that estimated 300mil for the entire bird? Would it be less to just be a package (perhaps of a few) on a commercial sat? N2EHG On Oct 10, 2011, at 7:42 PM, Jim Jerzycke wrote: > Numbers for just the cost of an Amateur payload, or numbers for the whole > satellite? > > A 'typical' satellite costs from 150 million to 300 million, depending on > what hardware it carries. > > The cost of a launch to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit ranges from 95 million > to 150 million depending on the launch provider. > > Jim KQ6EA > > On 10/10/2011 10:41 PM, Tom Schaefer, NY4I wrote: >> Has anyone run the numbers? Are we talking 20 million, 100 million? >> >> Let's see, there are at best 5000 satellite ops. So, if it cost $20,000,000 >> we are each in it for $4000. I'm game. Now to convince 4999 of my friends. :) >> >> Seriously, you think it gets boring talking to us same guys on AO-51 each >> day? Try that for a giant repeater in space. That would be wide area. I know >> we hear that something like P3D would just cost too much, but this is a lot >> of dough to talk to friends across the country at drive time. The wider >> orbits make for more interesting conversations. Not that I don;t want to >> talk to you every day :) >> >> >> Tom >> >> >> Tom Schaefer, NY4I >> n...@arrl.net >> EL88pb >> Monitoring EchoLink node KJ4FEC-L 489389 >> DSTAR Capable APRS: NY4I-15 >> >> >> >> On Oct 10, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: >> >>> Don, >>> >>> Cost, which is enough to drop any other issues to noise level. That is the >>> High Rent District, and given how much the commercial users pay, they would >>> not want to have an "amateur" satellite wandering around. More practically, >>> it would be nice to have a package on a commercial satellite. They provide >>> the power, pointing, and control. We just provide the RF. Again, cost, >>> though we have been looking for the right opportunity. >>> >>> Another drawback is that a geosynch only provides coverage to _about_ a >>> third of the earth, and it is always the same third. Birds like AO-13 and >>> AO-40 covered just about all of it over the space of a few days. Did I >>> mention cost? It is fun to think about having 3 which could be linked for >>> true global coverage. >>> >>> Alan >>> WA4SCA >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On >>> Behalf Of ka9qjg >>> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 4:23 PM >>> To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org >>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Geostationary Satellites >>> >>> Hello Hope Everyone is doing Well, I know people say no such thing as a dumb >>> question So here goes What is the reason We do not have any Type of >>> geostationary Satellites. Is it because they are for World Wide Use and If >>> stationary one could Hit it 24/7 and Maybe park there butt on it and Run a >>> Beam and Amp and take it over >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> 73 De Don KA9QJG >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
