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Soyuz can put ~7000kg in low earth orbit. Falcon 9 can put ~22000kg into the same. Falcon 9's $67m price per launch is just what SpaceX charges. They need to u
by Fatnino 4y ago
Soyuz can put ~7000kg in low earth orbit. Falcon 9 can put ~22000kg into the same.
Falcon 9's $67m price per launch is just what SpaceX charges. They need to undercut the rest of the market but once they get below everyone else's cost per kg there is absolutely no reason for them to charge less until there is real competition someday.
What I'm saying is that for SpaceX themselves it costs much less than $67m per launch.
And the comparison to soyuz is a joke. Even ignoring that you can't get a soyuz launch anymore since about 3 months ago. Western payloads in Baikonur were taken hostage / outright stolen, and new rockets are not being shipped to French Guiana.