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- Photon Source (BB84 or decoy-state) - ($80k - $200k)
- SPDC Entangled Source - ($150k - $350k)
- Nonlinear crystal + Temp Control - ($20k - $60k)
- Quantum Optics Bench - ($30k - $120k)
- Single-Photon Detectors - ($40k - $120k)
- Time Tagging Electronics - ($10k - $50k)
- Optical Filtering/Fiber Coupling - ($10k - $50k)
Optical/Pointing Paylod ($120k - $350k)
- Telescope Assembly - ($40k - $120k)
- Fine-Steering Motor - ($20k - $80k)
- Beacon Laser - ($10k - $40k)
- Beacon Camera - ($10k - $25k)
- Optomechanical Platform - ($30k -$90k)
- Precision Alignment and Calibration - ($10k - $30k)
Satellite Bus (6U) - ($200k - $350k)
- 6U Structure - ($20k - $50k)
- Integrated Bus Platform - ($100k - $200k)
- Wiring Harness and Connectors - ($5k - $10k)
- Thermal Control Hardware - ($10k - $30k)
- Deployables - ($20k - $60k)
ADCS - ($90k - $180k)
- High-Sccuracy Star Tracker - ($25k - $60k)
- IMU + Gyros - ($10k - $30k)
- Reaction Wheels - ($20k - $50k)
- Magnetorquers - ($5k - $10k)
- ADCS Computer/Software - ($10k - $30k)
- Integration and Poiting Calibration - ($20k - $40k)
Power System - ($30k - $80k)
- EPS Module - ($15k - $30k)
- Batteries - ($10k - $20k)
- Body-Mounted Solar Panels - ($15k - $40k)
- Deployable Solar Panels - ($20k - $50k)
Comms - ($15k - $40k)
- UHF/VHF TT&C Radio - ($5k - $15k)
- S-Band or X-Band Downlink System - ($10k - $25k)
- Antenna System - ($5k - $10k)
- Ground Station Compatibility - ($5k - $10k)
OBC - ($15k - $40k)
- Flight Computer - ($10k - $25k)
- Data-Handling Electronics - ($5k - $10k)
- Software Development - ($5k - $20k)
Testing & Integration - ($40k - $150k)
- Vibration and Shock Testing - ($20k - $60k)
- Thermal-Vac Testing - ($20k - $50k)
- Optical Alignment and Cal - ($10k - $40k)
Ground Segment ($150k - $500k)
- Optical Ground station - ($150k - $350k)
- Upgraded Performance Station - ($300k - $600k)
- RF Ground Station Updates - ($10k = $40k)
Total: Min(~1.16M) - Max(~3.45M*This is not necessarily accurate, we need to look into this project more (might be on the higher end)
QUARC: Quantum Research Cubesat—A Constellation for Quantum Communication
https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.08707
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