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Russian Roscosmos costs $35-48.5M per launch. [1] Shuttle launches were about $450M per launch, with 7 people and 50,000lbs of cargo. Came to about $10,000 per
by arcticbull 5y ago
Russian Roscosmos costs $35-48.5M per launch. [1]
Shuttle launches were about $450M per launch, with 7 people and 50,000lbs of cargo. Came to about $10,000 per kg, vs SpaceX Falcon 9 at $27,000 [edit] and the Dragon around $9,000.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz-2
- samlents 5y agoThe final seat to space purchased from Roscosmos cost $86M. [1] That's one seat, not the full vehicle. [1] https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-hitches-its-final-ride-to-space-from-russia-for-now/ https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-hitches-its-final-ride-to...
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- caoilte 5y agoMax Payload to LEO 8,200kg. Max payload of falcon 9 is 22,800kg. Looks to me like falcon 9 is considerably better value on those numbers even at twice the price.
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoIn case you’re not very familiar, when dealing with launches to orbit: cost only makes sense in terms of “$ per kg per launch to <orbital destination>”, not “$ per launch to <orbital destination>”. For the Roscosmos costs, mass to LEO seems to be $4270/kg [0]. Falcon 9 is at $1270/kg [1]. This link also has the comparison with the Space Shuttle. [0] $35 MM / 8200kg [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210801024432/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20200001093 https://web.archive.org/web/20210801024432/https://ntrs.nasa...
- arcticbull 5y agoThere's a difference between per-launch cost and program costs.
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