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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat Thoughts on creating one of these specifically for lainchan? Not sure what the process would look like but it would definitely be a fun collaborative project to try to build and ship one of these suckers into orbit.

>>6087 Isn't this expensive to launch?

I did some searching and got really mixed results. Some articles saying USD8k and others saying like USD25k. Either way, pretty expensive for a pet project. That being said, if money wasn't an issue, I would be on board immediately. It sounds super cool to have a personal or communal satellite.

>>6139 The real cost is around 300k to launch, you still need to build it and do extensive testing so it's on the border of what rich individuals could pay. If you have one built and working it becomes easier to find funding for a launch though, and they are so cheap compared to their bigger brothers that for governments or big players launching one sounds like adding pennies to a dollar.

>>6141 is it remotely possible to launch one yourself? Think like with a hobby rocket kit on steroids? I imagine the legality is hazy but is it possible?

>>7141 You need to go at a ridiculous speed to orbit the Earth (talking 15,000+ mph). Rockets are mostly high efficiency fuel by volume and they still need to be big to reach low earth orbit.

earth's orbit is crowded. You can't just launch something without potential to cause crashes into other satellites or it crashing down to earth and potentially killing someone. What's more realistic is a small sensor on a high altitude balloon.

>>6087 Stop kesslerising the sky. What would the satellite even do? >>7141 Amateur rocket launching is a real hobby, but it only rarely reach the troposphere and no one even tried to circularize. The Japanese space agency specialized in small rockets that launch small satellites and there is the stratolaunch that will break the cost to LEO but will only be able to send light payloads. >>7154 You would need to desorbit a station to kill someone.

>>6087 It'll be a cold day in hell before a bunch of NEETs can afford to launch anything into orbit.

>>7943 It doesn't actually cost much at all for small objects.

>>7154 satelite collisions are extremely rare. satelites falling on people even more rare. literally 70% chance of landing in water. And 99.99999% of the 30% of land doesn't have a person on it. also satelites can burn up on entry. >>7141 it's been done

>>7945 It's not just satellite collisions to think of but collisions with spacecraft entering and leaving Earth or space junk damaging the satellite also potentially crossing aircraft paths on it's way up. There actually is a point approaching everyone will be stuck on Earth because so much space junk surrounding it. Not saying it's a huge risk for just one tiny satellite. I more so am talking about it were to become a trend.

Apparently DIY satellites dont wind up far enough in orbit to stay. They fall back to Earth in just two weeks and incinerate on reentry. So anything worthwhile that can be done in a span of two weeks?

>>7947 measuring soykaf - whatever you want may be radiation from outer space levels, may be electromagnetic field of earth at orbital level etc taking photos of soykaf recording videos of soykaf and sending all that to earth also proving that you have long dick and can send soykaf to space and that soykaf is still working on the orbit some nasa/esa or private satelites company might be interested in such capable long dicks like yours

Just came across this. Apparently it might be possible to keep a cubesat in low earth orbit. https://www.freethink.com/space/low-earth-orbit-satellite

>>8048 trying to do something like that vastly increases the complexity, difficulty, and cost of the project. Is it possible ? sure, but so is giving your satellite extra rocket engines so it can boost itself to higher orbit, and why not fly to Saturn while you're at it. Saturn's pretty cool. Cubesats are attractive because they are small, cheap, easy things. If you want to make one, make it small, cheap, and easy.

>>8049 Cubesats are too small for booster rockets. I know another option. Could use a system that opens solar sails to keep orbit.

>>8050 https://www.cubesail.us/ Its already been done. Not that it worked or anything.

>>8055 They don't mention the sail itself failed though. Also may be possible to combine a solar cell and the magnetic system described in the other post. As for what to do with LEO cubesats maybe a decentralized FOSS satellite phone system with signal scrambling. Seems the most useful if possible.

>>8056 or just casually spy on China xD