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TubeSat ready for installation of custom payload
Rear view of a suborbital NEPTUNE1 rocket, showing the fins and the nozzle of the CPM
Suborbital NEPTUNE1 rocket ready for flight
IOS engineers examine a prototype of the CM-6, a six passenger crew module for orbital flights up to a week in duration
Fueling station at IOS's Mohave facilities
An artist's model of a multi-stage NEPTUNE launch vehicle
Artist's conception of the launch of a NEPTUNE30 rocket from the IOS spaceport in Tonga
Interorbital Systems' Common Propulsion Module, having a thrust of 6000 pounds using storable liquid fuel and oxidizer
RIGGER lunar landing and return entry for the Google Lunar X Prize
Solar cell boards for the TubeSat
An Interorbital Systems TubeSat in low Earth orbit
An Interorbital Systems Tubesat showing its antennas and solar cells next to its ejection chamber
Article Summary
Interorbital Systems (IOS), a rocket and spacecraft construction company founded in 1996, has announced the age of the Personal Satellite. For US$8,000, IOS provides the TubeSat Personal Satellite (PS) Kit, complete with launch to low Earth orbit (LEO). A TubeSat is a (very) low-cost alternative to the CubeSat - for comparison, by the time you have assembled a CubeSat and had it placed in orbit, your cost will be well north of US$100K.
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