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September 20, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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August 25, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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yeah it’s Futron
March 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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EFTA02722872 | EFTA02722876 Foust, an analyst at Futron, a consultancy, studies launch costs and says herarStainariall WIANC ti0,000 These prices put nanosats in the reach not just of small firms, but also of start-ups and researchers relying on academic grants. Some schools are also planning nanosat experiments. Bulk-buying launches for heavier combined payloads can work out, per kilo, even cheaper. And these costs could come down, too. The firm's Falcon 9 rocket recently demonstrated a successful controlled descent of its booster stage, which would allow it to be reused. nterorbital's nano rocket There is plenty of innovation in putting smaller payloads into space. Interorbital Systems, a Californian company, recently carried out a successful suborbital test flight of a small rocket (pictured right) designed to carry a I 45kg payload. The company has presold berths for dozens of CubeSats at $13,000-38,000 per unit, as well as its own TubeSat format, which it offers to academia as kit and launch for $8,000. EFTA_R1_02208356 EFTA02722876 Epstein Web iOS app on the App Store.
April 19, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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EFTA01788496 | EFTA01788499 unit CubeSat might cost as much as $400,000. Jeff Foust, an analyst at Futron, a consultancy, studies launch costs and says he has heard of charges as low as $30,000 for a single CubeSat launched on a Russian rocket. These prices put nanosats in the reach not just of small firms, but also of start-ups and researchers relying on academic grants. Some schools are also planning nanosat experiments. Bulk-buying launches for heavier combined payloads can work out, per kilo, even cheaper. And these costs could come down, too. Elon Musk, SpaceX's boss, has consistently predicted substantial price drops in launch costs, even to as little as $200 per kilo. The firm's Falcon 9 rocket recently demonstrated a successful controlled descent of its booster stage, which would allow it to be reused. Interorbital's nano rocket There is plenty of innovation in putting smaller payloads into space. Interorbital Systems, a Californian company, recently carried out a successful suborbital test flight of a small rocket (pictured right) designed to carry a 145kg payload. The company has presold berths for dozens of CubeSats at $13,000-38,000 per unit, as well as its own TubeSat format, which it offers to academia as kit and launch for $8,000. NASA will test an air-launched system in 2016 with Generation Orbit, an Atlanta company. It uses a Gulfstream G-IV executive jet to carry aloft a rocket which it fires off to put 45-50kg payloads into low-Earth orbit. NASA is also working with Virgin Galactic, a private space venture led by Richard Branson. Virgin Galactic has developed its LauncherOne, another air-launched rocket. It can be flown to a higher altitude and carry payloads up to 225kg. Neither Generation Orbit or Virgin Galactic may come down much on price, as both see a profit to be made in offering regular launches, even weekly ones. Operators whose nanosats ride shotgun as ballast in other missions do not have much control over when they launch or the orbits they reach, says William Pomerantz, the head of special projects at Virgin Galactic. John Olds, boss of Generation Orbit, says that as constellations of nanosats increase, placing them in a precise orbit will be critical in keeping small-satellite networks operating. The nanosat wars Nanosats also face two other limiting factors: communications and propulsion. Those used for academic work principally rely on amateur-radio frequencies, with basic equipment squeezed into the CubeSat form. Transmission and reception are further hindered by the size of antennae or dishes, both on the ground and on the satellites. Many academic projects set up their own listening stations and recruit space buffs who can use inexpensive kit, but these work on an informal basis. Companies tend to use licensed frequencies and plump for more expensive radio gear to handle their data flows. More development in communications equipment and investment in ground stations would improve things. The other bugbear, propulsion, is harder to solve. Currently, launch operators can prevent nanosats carrying hazardous propellants that might be used to power them to another orbit. Nor have engineers had a reason to design tiny spaceship engines using safer fuel. But they do now. Even a basic capability to push in one direction would allow nanosats to remain in orbit longer, or allow a satellite that has been placed into low-Earth orbit, using an inexpensive launch provider, to nudge itself to a higher geostationary orbit. And some might travel far beyond Earth. Benjamin Longmier of the University of Michigan and founder of Aether Industries, which makes equipment for highaltitude research, has begun production of a nanosat propulsion system based on his previous work at the Johnson Space Centre in Texas. This is a rocket that uses ionised propellants accelerated by magnetic fields. He has been able to scale this down to CubeSat size, using liquid water or solid iodine as the propellant. Dr Longmier says the system could allow a constellation of satellites to remain in the correct position relative to one another, move satellites to polar orbit from less-expensive launch insertions or increase an orbit. Surrey Satellite Technology's STRaND-1 also contained a couple of experimental propulsion systems. One is a re-entry device that ejects a mixture of water and alcohol to tip the nanosat out of orbit at the end of its useful life. The other is 4 EFTA_R1_00113038 EFTA01788499
March 10, 2026 at 9:49 AM
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Tonight's #digitalart is Futron #commissionsopen
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Bricklink hull, small sets and mini figures. Combined orders of classic, futron, explorarians, and a bunch of white and orange reproductions. Classic astronauts are in good condition with some wear on the prints but not to much.
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January 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM