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Satellites on the Cheap

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-cool dept.

An anonymous reader writes "At a cost of just $50,000 - including plane tickets to the Alaska launch site - it was constructed using off-the-shelf parts not designed to withstand the rigors of space. Its life span was only expected to be a few months. Six students put together the satellite last year after a three-year research and design project made possible with a grant from Boeing Co. The Department of Defense (news - web sites) Space Test Program approved the project and put it on a launch list"" Beats doing the egg drop.

3 of 103 comments (clear)

  1. Uncle by Lawrence_Bird · · Score: 1, Redundant

    How many times must we read about this on /. ???

  2. web page with pictures by kaas · · Score: 2, Redundant

    http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pcsat.html

  3. Redundant by bish · · Score: 0, Redundant

    HERE

    HERE

    and HERE