In 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 “$

In 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...