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TubeSat Personal Satellite Kit.
Planet Earth has entered the age of the Personal Satellite with the introduction of Interorbital's TubeSat Personal Satellite (PS) Kit. The new IOS TubeSat PS Kit is the low-cost alternative to the CubeSat. It has three-quarters of the mass (0.75-kg) and volume of a CubeSat, but still offers plenty of room for most experiments or functions. And, best of all, the price of the TubeSat kit actually includes the price of a launch into Low-Earth-Orbit on an IOS NEPTUNE 30 launch vehicle. Since the TubeSats are placed into self-decaying orbits 310 kilometers (192 miles) above the Earth's surface, they do not contribute to any long-term build-up of orbital debris. After a few weeks of operation, they will safely re-enter the atmosphere and burn-up. TubeSats are designed to be orbit-friendly. Launches are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Total Price of the TubeSat Kit including a Launch to Orbit is $8,000!
A TubeSat is designed to function as a Basic Satellite Bus or as a simple stand-alone satellite. Each TubeSat kit includes the satellite's structural components, safety hardware, solar panels, batteries, power management hardware and software, transceiver, antennas, microcomputer, and the required programming tools. With these components alone, the builder can construct a satellite that puts out enough power to be picked up on the ground by a hand-held HAM radio receiver. Simple applications include broadcasting a repeating message from orbit or programming the satellite to function as a private orbital HAM radio relay station. These are just two examples. The TubeSat also allows the builder to add his or her own experiment or function to the basic TubeSat kit. Examples of add-on experiments or functions include the following:
▼ Earth-from-space video imaging
▼ Earth magnetic field measurement
▼ Satellite orientation detection (horizon sensor, gyros, accelerometers, etc.)
▼ Orbital environment measurements (temperature, pressure, radiation, etc.)
▼ On-orbit hardware and software component testing (microprocessors, etc.)
▼ Tracking migratory animals from orbit
▼ Testing satellite stabilization methods
▼ Biological experiments
▼ On-orbit advertising
▼ Private e-mail
As long as the experiment or function satisfies the volume and mass restrictions, it can be integrated into the TubeSat. These restrictions provide a unique intellectual challenge for the experiment or function designer.
TubeSats are also available as Double TubeSats, Triple TubeSats, or Quadruple TubeSats. The length, volume, and mass of these expanded TubeSats are based on the multiplying factor.
Download the latest TubeSat Brochure with specifications> ///
A TubeSat Personal Satellite development program includes the following steps:
▼ Purchasing a TubeSat kit
▼ Building and testing the basic components
▼ Adding an experiment or function
▼ Carrying out a full-up system test
▼ Sending the completed TubeSat to Interorbital Systems for integration into the NEPTUNE 30
32 TubeSats can be integrated into and launched by a single NEPTUNE 30 launch vehicle. Prior to launch, each TubeSat is inserted into one of the rocket's 32 Satellite Ejection Cylinders. They never come into contact with the other TubeSats. Once on-orbit, the satellites are released according to a pre-programmed timing sequence. The timing sequence is designed to prevent satellite clustering. Interorbital expects to launch a set of 32 TubeSats per month.
The NEPTUNE 30 TubeSat launches will take place at the IOS Spaceport Tonga, located on the southern tip of the island of 'Eua in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
FULL-PAYMENT OPTION: If the buyer pays the full cost of the TubeSat kit upfront, he or she is immediately placed on a launch manifest according to the order in which the payment was received.
HALF-UPFRONT-HALF-ON-DELIVERY PAYMENT OPTION: TubeSat buyers also have the option of paying half of the cost upfront, then paying the other half of the cost at a later date or when the TubeSat is completed and ready for integration into the launch vehicle. With this option, the builder will be placed on a launch manifest according to the time when full payment is received. All orders will be shipped within 30 days.
Payment can be made Online with PayPal or payment can be made by check or money order to the address listed at the bottom of the page. Your online payment will be processed through Astro Expeditions LLC (Interorbital Systems' marketing division). Please include your e-mail address. Upon receipt of your order, you will be e-mailed your shipping information and your position on the current launch manifest.
Last edited by Fernbay; 04-08-09 at 09:37 PM.
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Hell yeah if nothing else it will help me get laid LOL
When you do things right, people won't be sure that you have done anything at all
me too, but i have no idea why!I want one
iam a bogan
100 members x $80 each
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Yes....
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I might go halfs with Trash, but I'd be bit nervous about his payload
Last edited by Fernbay; 05-08-09 at 12:21 AM.
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I was watching some doco a while ago where the japs where trialing huge air balloons in the lower atmosphere for satellite communications.
The balloons stayed in the atmosphere in a kind of suspended animation.
I thought it was pretty smart idea, and cheaper while also providing lower latency digital communications.
Never heard anything more of it, so I assume it went like the Hindenburg.
This is fantastic. I could start my own subscription XXXX porn channels which would make a very tidy profit and perhaps become richer than Bill Gates when the dark overload of the internet Senator Steven Conroy blocks P2P traffic, porn and perhaps the Teletubbies.
I could park my satellite just in front to Foxtels and run free to air for a week or so to generate demand.
Now theres a smart thought.100 members x $80 each
Whos in boys.
Anyone for porn?
Subscriction only if your not a partner.
I'm interested, because XXX doesn't do it for me anymore I want systemrat's XXXX porn
Nothing but the best and sourced from the darkest parts of Eastern Europe. Its only XXX is if you cut out the hamsters and chiwawa.
Park it next to C1 and broadcast your sub keys for maximum effect
I flicked the box on when I went to bed last night and got sucked in to a doco re animal communication on Discovery Science but ended up turning it off after 10 minutes because of the appallingly annoying and utterly pathetic repetitive brain dead piece of crap sh@# self promotion advertisements Foxtel or Discovery insist using to ruin the typically 8 year old low budget content shown on that channel. How much better it would have been if my porn channel filled the program gaps. I suspect it would rate higher than all the other channels.
Last edited by SystemRat; 06-08-09 at 09:51 AM.
Hey cool, they even accept Paypal (is this for real?)
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Paypal has $20k buyer protection.
You just need to use the single payment option because it's not via ebay
They won't cover airline tickets, but say nothing about space travel# Payment Requirements on Non-eBay Websites.
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.After a few weeks of operation, they will safely re-enter the atmosphere and burn-up
A new way to burn money
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