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Powersat by Ben Bova

Powersat: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Grand Tour series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Powersat audiobook runs 13.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.6listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Powersat at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Grand Tour Series

This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 93.9 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Powersat13.6 hrs
2Privateers11.7 hrs
3Mars18.9 hrs
4Moonrise18.3 hrs
5Moonwar15.4 hrs
6Return to Mars16 hrs

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Powersat is book 1 of Ben Bova's Grand Tour series: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released October 21, 2011, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.6 hrs
Narrated by
Stefan Rudnicki
Released
October 21, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction
Series
The Grand Tour Series #1
ISBN
9781483058078

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Powersat audiobook?

Powersat runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is the Powersat audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Powersat?

Powersat is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Is Powersat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.