Monday, March 18, 2013

Swiss company aims to fly satellites into space

Swiss company aims to fly satellites into space:
S3's planned satellite-carrying shuttle, being carried itself on an Airbus A300
If you want to launch a satellite in the usual way – on top of a rocket – it will typically cost you at least US$50,000,000. Newly-inaugurated aerospace firm Swiss
Space Systems (S3), however, claims that it will be able to put your small satellite into orbit for about 10.6 million bucks. Why so cheap? S3 is planning on flying satellites into space, using an airliner and an unmanned shuttle.
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