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Smallsat retail launch prices on Falcon 9 are published. Even if SpaceX is making money hand-over-fist at that price, they are still the cheapest ride in the b
by brandmeyer 5y ago
Smallsat retail launch prices on Falcon 9 are published. Even if SpaceX is making money hand-over-fist at that price, they are still the cheapest ride in the business.
https://www.spacex.com/rideshare/ https://www.spacex.com/rideshare/
~~disclaimer~~ ~~disclosure~~ excited bragging: my strtup is launching a payload on next week's transporter mission. We payed full retail and have no regrets.
- Retric 5y agoCool, though they also charge 5k/lb into polar orbits which have significantly lower capacity. Falcon 9 is 16,800kg to LEO but only 9,600kg to a polar orbit. Anyway, clearly larger satellites are much cheaper in terms of cost to LEO, but it’s still a useful datapoint.