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7/14/2025, 5:11:53 AM
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>That being said, if starship ever does get up and running reliably it does change the game for getting shit into orbit. It could drop the cost per kg down dramatically.
I mean spacex already did that with f9. The only reason the current rates are as high as they are is there's nobody on the planet who can remotely compete so there's no reason to lower their prices more than they already have. Last I checked they're charging around $70mil per launch to LEO but most educated estimates pin the internal costs at their current launch volumes to somewhere below $15mil. You are right though, if they get starship up and running reliably we could see another order of magnitude reduction in $/kg to LEO.
>That being said, if starship ever does get up and running reliably it does change the game for getting shit into orbit. It could drop the cost per kg down dramatically.
I mean spacex already did that with f9. The only reason the current rates are as high as they are is there's nobody on the planet who can remotely compete so there's no reason to lower their prices more than they already have. Last I checked they're charging around $70mil per launch to LEO but most educated estimates pin the internal costs at their current launch volumes to somewhere below $15mil. You are right though, if they get starship up and running reliably we could see another order of magnitude reduction in $/kg to LEO.
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