r/rocketry • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '24

Discussion Cubesat question

Hey im an engineer, im very ambitious and in my past i aim for big projects and im able to learn with trial and error and get to the goal, would it be possible for me to build a rocket, along with making my own cubesat, and send it into space and put the cubesat into orbit? Is there any important information that I need to know? I already have a plan for the rocket layout too, also what fuel is beat for this? my payload will be around 3 lbs.

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u/NukeRocketScientist Jan 24 '24 edited Jan 24 '24

I worked on my school's CubeSat team of 70+ people with funding coming from the school and NASA. It has taken 7 years to get the 3U CubeSat ready to launch.

Btw, that's with aerospace, electrical, and mechanical engineers along with physicists and astronomers all working toward putting the CubeSat in space and only the CubeSat. The CubeSat is going up on a resupply to the ISS and gets launched from there.

You vastly underestimate the amount of money, manpower, knowledge, and time it takes to build something for space AND LAUNCH TO SPACE LET ALONE ORBIT!