You do realize that it costs ~$2,500USD to lift a kilo into LEO? Do you have a budget that can handle ~$25,000 just to get into space?I want to just check if this will work or not.. Is this project feasible or not.
You do realize that it costs ~$2,500USD to lift a kilo into LEO? Do you have a budget that can handle ~$25,000 just to get into space?I want to just check if this will work or not.. Is this project feasible or not.
hat is the reason I'm planning to use a model rocket such as this one: https://themodelrocket.com/model-ro...del rockets don't have,of about 72 miles high.You do realize that it costs ~$2,500USD to lift a kilo into LEO? Do you have a budget that can handle ~$25,000 just to get into space?
OK. Well, that's not feasible.hat is the reason I'm planning to use a model rocket such as this one: https://themodelrocket.com/model-rocket-altitude-limit/#:~:text=Model rockets don't have,of about 72 miles high.
This one reached about 120km in orbit, I'm looking if we can push it further
thank you so much.OK. Well, that's not feasible.
You won't be able to get a rocket into LEO, others who are specialists in model rocketry have tried and failed to do this. No one has claimed the N-Prize of £9,999 to lift even a tiny payload into LEO. While the state of high power (not technically model rockets with lots of limits and regulations, including maximum propellant and payload) gets better and better, LEO is not happening soon even for rockets costing many thousands of dollars, and certainly not with a 10kg payload.
The coordination, team of skilled people, ground station, and other overhead you would need are already going to approach the cost of the commercial lift services—and that's not including the satellite itself.
The only real chance you have of getting a satellite into orbit is using lift services for offered for cubesats through schools. These are tiny, ≤1kg and you will have to find a program that will get yours into space. The idea of using your own launch vehicle is very ambitious but, sadly, very unrealistic.
If this is really an ambition, work on getting an internship at ESA, or NASA, or SpaceX, or somewhere that builds satellites or provides ground control. You need to become familiar with the incredible number of working parts involved and develop a network of contacts in the industry. Nothing wrong with a dream, but you are biting off a lot more than you could ever chew with the scale of this "first step".
I don't have any more to offer on this project. If you are trying to do something more modest, and ned some help, do come back and ask (in a new thread) about that. I am sure many people would be interested in helping, and I would be too.
I wish you the best of luck, I hope you succeed completely—even proving my skepticism wrong—but I hope you choose more modest steps instead and don't set yourself up for failure.
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