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A SpaceX Falcon 9 will 64 launch small satellites for a variety of government and commercial customers very soon from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This report says the total payload (all satellites) is 4,000 kilograms (8,800 pounds)"
everydayastronaut.com/prelaunch-prev…
Compare that payload of small sats to a launch of single geostationary satellite: Telstar 19 VANTAGE weighs 15,597 pounds (7,075 kilograms) with its propellant tanks fully loaded, making it the heaviest commercial communications satellite ever launched. spaceflightnow.com/2018/07/21/fal…
Astrocast’s satellite is a tiny CubeSat just 30 centimeters long. Its rivals on the SSO-A SmallSat Express, as the launch is being called. Astrocast’s satellite is just 30 centimeters long. wired.com/story/spacexs-…
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