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TheAntiMosby t1_jd3cxgy wrote

Reply to comment by lughnasadh in 10 months after its launch by SpaceX, a $10,000 satellite made by students with off-the-shelf materials and powered by 48 Energizer AA batteries, is not only working, it's demonstrating a way to reduce space junk by lughnasadh

Hey there, Dan here. I was an Engineering Analyst on this project, and can tell you that aside from the frame, everything was either bought at a large store or 3D printed at home. The most expensive part was still the launch, however, which was donated to us by D-orbit.

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