Only 10 launches a year on F9. Say 15m for S2, 10m for S1 (assume 5x reuse & refurb cost). So 1/4b per year in launch costs. Assume another 1/4b for the birds and 1/4b for ops. You've got a world wide network for 3/4b per year.
> On Jun 3, 2019, at 5:55 PM, Matt Hoppes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Eeeeek. That’s rather expensive. > >> On Jun 3, 2019, at 6:50 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Once they get all the bird flying, one estimate is that they will have to >> launch ~~ 600 per year just to replace the dead ones. >> >> >> bp >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >>> On 6/3/2019 3:19 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote: >>> How do you maintain a fleet of that many satellites? Or do you just let >>> one fail and send a new one up? >>> >>>> On Jun 3, 2019, at 3:28 PM, Robert Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> If I don't have to sign a NDA, I'll share what I find out... >>>> >>>>> On 06/03/2019 11:23 AM, Seth Mattinen wrote: >>>>> Anyone planning to get one and give it a try? >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
