CubeSats in CAP?

[Eclipse]

I can't make heads or tails of the pricing sheet from the Wikipedia reference.

Wiki, as quoted above, asserts that launch costs have actually increased by 25-30% since 2004 due in part to Interorbital's delays,
but the reference is to this recent price sheet:  http://spaceflightservices.com/pricing-plans/

And then says the "Prices are shown in thousands of dollars (USD)", which would mean the cheapest one is $295K?

[atlantis737]

http://www.diyspaceexploration.com/what-are-cubesats/

As stated here, NASA will launch CubeSats for free.  A scratch built CubeSat with a camera, some solar panels (or a good battery) and a Raspberry Pi to email the pictures home, a 3G Hotspot and some 3G data would cost <$1000.

Not that CAP has any use for a surveillance satellite, but I'm just sayin'.

The thought of a 121.5 detecting satellite network crossed my mind.

[Eclipse]

http://www.diyspaceexploration.com/what-are-cubesats/

As stated here, NASA will launch CubeSats for free.

>If< you have an experiment "consistent" with the Strategic Plan and the Education Strategic Coordination Framework (SPESCF).
Otherwise it starts at $10k

The launched sats to date are primarily from universities and academic laboratories, with very specific and research-based / space-related
experiments. The competition for the Space-A flights is clearly high.

As to 121.5, a network with a 3-week life isn't going to be much use.

Again, as an academic exercise, great, learn about the economics which will the next century,
but from a practical perspective, at least an NSB will get you close to space.

[lordmonar]

It would make a cool NCSA.

Year long project.  The cadets network via the internet, collaborate, design an experiment, refine it, they meet for a week or two where they actually build it.   Then they meet again on launch date....see their package go up and be deployed and then run their experiment.

Would be worth looking into.

[Eclipse]

+1, and probably the only way it's viable.