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Re:KickSat: open source spacecraft project by wslh on Sunday August 28, 2016 @10:19AM (#12376611)
The main cost of this type of initiatives is sending them to space. In this case they were awarded by the NASA but will cost millions otherwise.

Other open software software (not updated for two years) that was used for three nano satellites is here https://github.com/satellogic/canopus .

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Re:KickSat: open source spacecraft project by mirashii on Sunday August 28, 2016 @11:34AM (#12376905)
Millions is a bit high for the cost of a cubesat launch. A number of places estimate 1U cubesat launch prices as low as $40k, but probably 1U-3U you can expect to pay low hundreds of thousands.
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Re:KickSat: open source spacecraft project by wslh on Sunday August 28, 2016 @12:47PM (#12377208)
Yes, It is not on the millions but on $ 60k per kg according the Satellogic CEO [1]. The millions number is if you want to launch a constellation of satellites.

[1] http://www.clarin.com/sociedad/Hoy-espacio-Manolito-satelite... (spanish)

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Re:KickSat: open source spacecraft project by dcposch on Sunday August 28, 2016 @11:37AM (#12376920)
Doesn't cost millions. CubeSats take up extra cargo capacity on other missions. They cost ~50k to launch.
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