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Wanting to Launch a Spy Satellite - Need Some Help.
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04-12-2016, 02:49 PM
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Nobody has built a rocket that will reach escape velocity for a couple of hundred bucks.
Even the most expensive hobby rockets have only reached thousands of feet and never close to reaching escape velocity speed
Rocket Record: The Largest, Heaviest Amateur Rocket Ever Launched
Even ASRI who have serious rocket science skills behind the project can't manage orbit yet.
AUSROC 3 | Australian Space Research Institute
So to sum up, no you're not going to launch a satellite in 2016.
Well that's a bit shit.
I don't get why it is so difficult? Surely it's just a case of enough thrust?
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