Operation Caelus;We will send a bitcoin satellite to space! ESCROW - page 7.

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Quote from: juiceayres on September 18, 2015, 03:48:53 PM

Well, unfortunately space is a harsh environment...

RPI will die in a couple of months, rad-hard electronics are needed,etc.. Also space-class amplifiers/transmitters are very expansive.

If this goes on, then I strongly suggest to pay some enterprise to launch it. A rocket per si is dangerous enough, a home made rocket is very risky. Also you will have a lot of troubles with government and airspace clearance to launch.

a RPI would survive longer in a protective environment (I.e inside the satelite) i also think that a RPI or, as you said a ''tweaked'' one would be a good idea for this, considering you could save like 5k Euro on it haha.

as for the structure you posted, it's a good start.

i will be fun to see where this goes, would be fun to see BTC in space

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Quote from: coinpr0n on September 18, 2015, 11:47:45 AM

Hope this works out and you keep the thread updated with the progress and whatever things you'll be needing. I'm sure there's a lot of things to be considered...

So do I, I hope more enthusiastic members jump aboard with some good proposals

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Quote from: juiceayres on September 18, 2015, 03:48:53 PM

Well, unfortunately space is a harsh environment...

RPI will die in a couple of months, rad-hard electronics are needed,etc.. Also space-class amplifiers/transmitters are very expansive.

If this goes on, then I strongly suggest to pay some enterprise to launch it. A rocket per si is dangerous enough, a home made rocket is very risky. Also you will have a lot of troubles with government and airspace clearance to launch.

Actually, if the Satellite is open source and servers a Educational purpose there's a Chance NASA will take it up for free in their ''NASA’s CubeSat Launch initiative (CSLI) '' so that's defiantly worth looking into

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Well, unfortunately space is a harsh environment...

RPI will die in a couple of months, rad-hard electronics are needed,etc.. Also space-class amplifiers/transmitters are very expansive.

If this goes on, then I strongly suggest to pay some enterprise to launch it. A rocket per si is dangerous enough, a home made rocket is very risky. Also you will have a lot of troubles with government and airspace clearance to launch.

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i feel that this is a ''must'' buy when starting. http://www.cubesatshop.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1&category_id=1&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=66
creating these parts on their own might be difficult, if you don't already have everything needed at home, and don't need to melt the metal to later forge it.

or what do you guys say ?

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Hope this works out and you keep the thread updated with the progress and whatever things you'll be needing. I'm sure there's a lot of things to be considered...

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Hey, why aim for the Thermosphere ? ..... This thing should go to Mars with the people who will be going there --> https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-journey-to-mars

Having a node on another planet, under full control of humans, would be a great leap for Bitcoiners. Roll Eyes

... When they settle there, they can use Bitcoin as the official currency

for trade. Imagine sending inter stellar transfers to other planets for people rendering services {programming .. etc} from Mars. Go big or go home. Grin

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I Suggest we get a Cubesat structure to begin with, and work around that.

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There are some very good Solar panels out there which would offer some extra features such as

Coarse sun sensor
Temperature sensor

it would be a fun feature to collect Data with a bitcoin - node - satellite

First mission, equipment. Propose all equipments to be used and we will later decide which options will be the best choice.

this would be the ideal design

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Quote from: valkir on September 17, 2015, 06:30:23 PM

I guess you will need to be on the medium orbit which could be expensive.
Also cube sat are normally really small.

Nice project I will try to follow.

yeah, they're usually just 10x10x10 and max 1.33 KG. there are bigger models of course, and smaller ones.

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I guess you will need to be on the medium orbit which could be expensive.
Also cube sat are normally really small.

Nice project I will try to follow.

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Quote from: GermanGiant on September 17, 2015, 06:02:51 PM

Quote from: Sakarias-Corporation on September 17, 2015, 05:58:04 PM

Apollo 11 landed on the moon on the 20th of July 1969 with less technology then a modern calculator

Apollo 11 never landed on the moon. It was a hoax by USA to outcompete USSR in the space exploration race.

Well, you are right It was never sufficiently proven that they landed on the moon. On the topic: I don't think we need bitcoin node in space all that much. It is nothing more than a publicity stunt, if you can keep wasting money on promotion it is good for bitcoin I guess.

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Quote from: Sakarias-Corporation on September 17, 2015, 06:15:08 PM

if a camera would also be possible, we'd need someone to program the camera, (depending if we wanna move it a few inches from left to right) among tons of other things.

the problem is the quality (robustess) of the lens in space environment ... (specially solar wind polarisation problem that it burn captor).

take a picture from D nikon camera from a window of the ISS is more easy than include a camera on a satelite.

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Quote from: Sakarias-Corporation on September 17, 2015, 06:14:10 PM

Quote from: TheButterZone on September 17, 2015, 06:10:05 PM

Redundant? http://deepspaceindustries.com/bitcoin-pioneer-inks-contract-for-satellite-constellation/

not quite the same thing, this will be built by the community. i can't find anything about a node, but i might be tired hehe

Original topic: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoins-in-space-334701

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Quote from: Meuh6879 on September 17, 2015, 06:11:56 PM

include 4x 1To of SSD ... for futur upgrade. Grin

solar panel and product electricity in space is not a problem ... but you must think of the heat circuit.

of course, the great thing with memory in our time is that you can get a lot of it, for low weight and power efficient.

if a camera would also be possible, we'd need someone to program the camera, (depending if we wanna move it a few inches from left to right) among tons of other things.

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