Comment on UPSat – the first open source hardware and software satellite is deliveredComments−IgorPartola10ySo what is the cost of this thing? How much will it take for me to put something like a Raspberry Pi in orbit?−rtkwe10yI found a page for 2009 that breaks down the cost of a generic educational cubesat down. It includes the ability to do attitude control and a camera and it came to ~52k including launch costs. It's probably fallen since then.http://www.satmagazine.com/story.php?number=602922274
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So what is the cost of this thing? How much will it take for me to put something like a Raspberry Pi in orbit?
I found a page for 2009 that breaks down the cost of a generic educational cubesat down. It includes the ability to do attitude control and a camera and it came to ~52k including launch costs. It's probably fallen since then.
http://www.satmagazine.com/story.php?number=602922274