I see a minimum price of $325k
I don't think a student is going to be able to afford that any time soon
325k$ is for 50kg. Yes it’s the minimum for this program. The students I had were programming the 10cm^3 satellites, I don’t have more details than this cursory explanation but it’s definitely possible.
I think it’s cheaper for student groups. If you google “student club sends satellite” you get a bunch of examples,
https://globalnews.ca/news/9818771/university-of-saskatchewa...
https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/09/16/satellite-developme...
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/launch-its-first-satellite-stud...
etc