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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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