Make: Kit Reviews

TubeSat Personal Satellite

Make Kit Reviews

Interorbital Systems

TubeSat Personal Satellite

$8,000

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Complexity: 5

Components: 4

Documentation: 3

Community: 5

Completeness: 3

TAGS: ham radio, satellites, Science

Reviewed: November 8th, 2011

TubeSat makes space your personal laboratory. You build a satellite the size of a large soup can, get it launched into a 310km Earth orbit moving 17,000 miles an hour, and talk to it via ham radio a few times a day for 1–3 months. Smile as you reflect on your new skills in surface-mount […]

Science: ham radio, satellites, Science