An exploding AA battery, or a CPU that starts transmitting radio signals at the wrong time could jeopardize any or all of the other payloads that were launched with it. Honestly when I see they used AA batteries and a $20 CPU I'm mostly shocked that their launch provider pet them include it. Any electronic device that you fly which has not operated in space in the past is a massive liability to your project, knowing this many manufacturers have some crazy pricing. The batteries were similar, after adding in all of the protective features the price skyrockets. Our satellite also had a $20 CPU, but after it was radiation hardened it cost $1,000.
Luckily students work for free or the costs would be much higher.Īlso one of the major sources of costs is sourcing electronics that have spaceflight history.
So you aren't just paying for the hardware that went to space you are paying for many duplicates of that hardware that didn't go to space. These always end up being multi-year projects that require a lot of iterations. I was in an undergrad research lab and we put a 1U cube satellite in space.
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