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Comparing the launch costs: > "The average launch cost for Atlas was about $225 million per lift," Bruno told FLORIDA TODAY this week. "Where Atlas V is at tod
by perlgeek 5y ago
Comparing the launch costs:
> "The average launch cost for Atlas was about $225 million per lift," Bruno told FLORIDA TODAY this week. "Where Atlas V is at today is almost half of that just by virtue of all the changes we have done in this business."
from [1], so around 100Mio per launch.
The same article cites 50-60Mio per Falcon 9 launch.
[2] says the payload mass to LEO is between 9.5 and 18.5 metric tonnes for the Atlas V (depending on the configuration, mostly how many boosters you attach), and 16.8T for a reusable Falcon 9.
So I'd say Amazon pays at least twice as much as Starlink, measured by mass in LEO.
[1]: https://eu.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2020/11/04/ula-ceo-our-rocket-launch-prices-even-lower-than-expected-florida/6135231002/ https://eu.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2020/11...
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_launch_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_launch_s...