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Re:UK spaceport proposed for Sutherland site by tintor on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:07PM (#17546244)
As long as spaceport is by the sea you can ship your satellite to it.
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Re:UK spaceport proposed for Sutherland site by benwilber0 on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:10PM (#17546256)
wait a second. can I launch my own satellite into outer space?
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Re:UK spaceport proposed for Sutherland site by toomanybeersies on Monday July 16, 2018 @09:32PM (#17546638)
For the low price of only $80,000, you can launch your own 1U cubesat with Rocket Lab [1]. For that price, you can launch a 10x10x10cm satellite, with a maximum weight of 1.3 kg, into a 500 km sun synchronous orbit.

[1] https://www.rocketlabusa.com/book-my-launch/

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Re:UK spaceport proposed for Sutherland site by matte_black on Monday July 16, 2018 @10:53PM (#17546945)
How long would a satellite like that last before being destroyed?
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Re:UK spaceport proposed for Sutherland site by ridgeguy on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @01:24AM (#17547501)
Well, it's complicated, but maybe 25 years.

Here's a reference that's totally on point:

http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/Developer...

"An Evaluation of CubeSat Orbital Decay" - everything you wanted to know (and more!) about the topic.

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Re:UK spaceport proposed for Sutherland site by ChuckMcM on Monday July 16, 2018 @08:19PM (#17546294)
Absolutely, it just costs money.
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