Cost of space launches to low Earth orbit

An interactive visualization from Our World in Data.

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@NewSpaceEconomy In πŸ“† 2022, the #Falcon9 price πŸ’΅ per kilogram has dropped by more than 55% πŸ“‰ relative to SpaceX’s initial price in πŸ“† 2010. As of 2022 the Falcon 9 price is consistently 50%, πŸ“Š or more, lower then the vast majority of other launch vehicles past and present. https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2022/10/21/spacex-falcon-9-launch-pricing-from-2010-to-2022

#LaunchCost

Industry Disruptor: SpaceX Falcon 9 LEO Launch Pricing 2010 to 2022

Evolution of Falcon 9 price to launch a kilogram of payload into LEO.

New Space Economy
πŸ“† 2013 With small teams and far lower overhead, #SpaceX was able to go from incorporation to first #spaceflight in six years. #LaunchCost are projected to run 40 to 60 percent less πŸ“‰ than what’s being charged today https://hbr.org/2013/04/what-spacex-can-teach-us-about
What SpaceX Can Teach Us About Cost Innovation

Saving money can be a creative act.

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@spaceflight Everybody is chalking this all up as private wins, public loses, but what it really boils down to is that Musk threw together and held a really good team, Bezos less so, and the folks at long-established Boeing and NASA are, on average, mediocre.

It is all about people chemistry, a random and difficult to control thing.

@spaceflight
Don't know that I'd ever seen the data on a nice 2D graph like that. Thanks!
@vk30 this one is even more impressive at first glance https://techhub.social/@spaceflight/109960192132583826
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Attached: 1 image #Starship #LaunchCost : "I'm highly confident it would be less than $10 million πŸ’° all in, fast forward two or three years from now," #Musk said about flight #prices during the presentation * https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-starship-rocket-update-flight-cost-million-2022-2 * Starship Update πŸ“† February 2022 https://www.youtube.com/live/3N7L8Xhkzqo?feature=share Visualized : 10 million $ / 100k kg = 100 $ πŸ’΅ per kg πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί #Ariane doesn't look good

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