RE: [amsat-bb] eagle costs

["Gary Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If I remember correctly the cost to orbit (LEO) a pint of water is $10K.  
That is launch costs alone assuming free water and a free container.  If you 
were going to choose one mode to orbit it should be mode B or mode J they 
have a larger user base than L/S.

73,
Joe


>From: wa6fwf <wa6fwf@pacbell.net>
>To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
>Subject: [amsat-bb] eagle costs
>Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:53:37 -0700
>
>Hi All,
>    having read the latest journal and taking note of Robins "guesstimate"  
>of
>the 3 million dollar price tag of EAGLE, I had to wonder that if we cant
>raise 110k for ECHO how are we possibly going to do this?
>
>...Snipped...

>   The only other alternative would be to downsize Eagle with maybe just 
>mode
>L/S and drop anything else off, (I picked that mode since a lot of people
>already have  the mode S equipment from ao40 and L up was becoming popular,
>but mostly because the antennas are kept small), just keep it small, simple
>and cheap and then less weight means  a cheaper launch....
>
>Anyone else have any ideas how we can get this show on the road?
>
>73
>Kevin
>WA6FWF
>#19623

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