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SpaceDev Auctioning Microsatellite Mission On eBay
By Jason Bates
Space News Staff Writer
posted: 11:15 am ET
11 November 2003
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WASHINGTON - The small satellite startup SpaceDev is auctioning a private space mission to the highest bidder using the Internet site eBay, the company announced Monday. The winner will receive a spacecraft based on SpaceDev's Maneuvering and Orbit Transfer Vehicle and has the right to supply their own payload and name the mission. The winner also can be involved in mission design, satellite assembly and testing, can attend the launch, and participate in on-orbit operations. The package, which has a starting price of $9.5 million, includes insurance covering launch and on-orbit operations, SpaceDev said. "I founded SpaceDev to accelerate the development of space, to get the public involved in space, and to have fun," Jim Benson, SpaceDev founder and chief executive officer, said in a statement.The auction runs through Nov. 20 at 11 p.m. EST (0400 GMT Nov. 21) and is located at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2572382454&category=45046&rd=1. SpaceDev Inc., located in Poway, Calif., launched its first spacecraft, the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPSat), Jan. 12. The 40-kilogram satellite carried a price tag of just $5 million. More from SPACE.com:
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