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You don't buy payload space by the kilogram. You buy it by the rocket, with the smallest launches costing millions of USD each. That per-kilogram figure is just
by maaku 14y ago
You don't buy payload space by the kilogram. You buy it by the rocket, with the smallest launches costing millions of USD each. That per-kilogram figure is just the number that comes out when you divide the launch cost by the maximum theoretical payload capacity.
- vilhelm_s 14y agoOf course. The proposal is to buy a rocket to send a large number of small satelites somewhere, and split the cost among the satelite owners.