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I'd posit that Mark Rober just used a hobby rocket to put that selfie satellite into orbit. Perhaps he's the first?


He used a commercial rideshare program.

> Our satellite launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California (USA) on Jan 14, 2025. The rocket mission is a Transporter, and SAT GUS was dropped off in low-Earth orbit at about 375 miles above the surface of our pale blue dot.

https://space.crunchlabs.com/


Can you identify the rocket he used? Because from what I saw, I’m pretty sure it was a F9.




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