Competition to launch a nano satellite into space……

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Competition to launch a nano satellite into space……

Post by fastnova » Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:42 am

Apologies if this has been brought up here before but I haven’t been back here in a while!
I heard about a competition going for amateur teems to lunch a nano satellite weighing between 9.99g and 19.99g into orbit for a minimum of 9 orbits. And the winner gets…. The HUGE prize of £999.99! Not a lot for the effort but I think the real prize is in the achievement!

Would it be impossible to think there might just be enough skill and experience on this site to have a go?

http://www.n-prize.com/


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Re: Competition to launch a nano satellite into space……

Post by marksteamnz » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:44 am

john Carmack's prize of $10,000 for the first gps documented amateur rocket over 100,000ft is more like it

http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/n.x/A ... ews_id=376

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Re: Competition to launch a nano satellite into space……

Post by marksteamnz » Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:45 am

And then there is sugar shot to space

http://sugarshot.org/

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Re: Competition to launch a nano satellite into space……

Post by fastnova » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:33 am

Those are all well and good, but there is a real chance of achieving them……
There so much more fun in attempting the near impossible surely? Or is that just me? Haha
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Re: Competition to launch a nano satellite into space……

Post by ace_fedde » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:00 pm

Mmm,
I would take a few weatherbaloons and first "float" my rocket and launchplatform into the stratosphere. From there it shouldn't be "to hard" te get in orbit.

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Re: Competition to launch a nano satellite into space……

Post by fastnova » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:34 pm

From what I can tell of people who are giving this a go the whole weather balloon method does seem to be the popular choice. But it almost feels like cheating to me! Haha
I still think should give this a go! Helps that I have access to a lot of help with the satellite design/construction and tracking!
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