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In dev. “NEXT” Gen-Orbit. NanoRacks 1U. SpaceX PPOD. Spaceflight Services. SpaceX ESPA. In dev. Firefly. OR Red = Small / Nano / Pico-sat pricing, as secondary payload.
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In dev. “NEXT” Gen-Orbit NanoRacks 1U SpaceX PPOD Spaceflight Services SpaceX ESPA In dev. Firefly OR Red = Small / Nano / Pico-sat pricing, as secondary payload • SpaceX - secondary payload “PPOD” to LEO $200,000-$325,000 (=$67,000-$108,000/kg; from Aug. 2012, 26th Annual AIAA USU, Conference on Small Satellites) • NanoRacks - “Commercial payloads start at $60,000 per 1U” (from http://nanoracks.com/resources/faq/) • SpaceX – secondary payload, ESPA-class satellite weighing up to 180 kilograms would cost $4–5 million for LEO, from August 2012, 26th Annual AIAA USU, Conference on Small Satellites (=$22,000 to $28,000/kg) • Spaceflight Services – 300kg $6,950,000, 180kg $4,950,000, 50kg $1,750,000, 6U $595,000, 3U $325,000, 1U $125,000 (from http://spaceflightservices.com/pricing-plans/) • Generation Orbit - In development – data point per award of NASA “NEXT” contract, NASA Press Release, $2.1M, 15kg (=$140,000/kg; unknown prices on GO launcher 1 (1 stage, payload 30-200lbm) and 2 (2 stage, payload up to 100lbm) • Firefly - In development – 400kg for $9M, as advertised @ http://www.fireflyspace.com/(=$22,500/kg) Multiple
$10,000/kg 11Antares + Cygnus Spacecraft To High/ISS Orbit 12Ariane 5 $220M 16,000 kg 7Atlas V 541 17,443 kg $5000/kg 3Atlas V 401 9797 kg 6Delta IV 22,977 kg 8Falcon Heavy 50,000 kg Prices 2Antares v110 4900 kg 10Falcon 9+Dragon Spacecraft To High/ISS Orbit 13Ariane 6 $95M 6,500 kg $2000/kg 12Proton M $85M 22,000 kg 13Soyuz 2.1a $50M 7,800 kg 9Falcon Heavy 50,000 kg 1Pegasus XL 443 kg 4Falcon 9 v1.1 13,150 kg $1000/kg 5Minotaur 1 580 kg Maximum Payload (kg) to Low Earth Orbit (200km, 28.5 circ.)-except as noted below. 10-Price to NASA; higher orbit, plus includes providing the Dragon spacecraft to the customer for their in-space operations 11-Price to NASA; higher orbit, plus includes providing the Cygnus spacecraft to the customer for their in-space operations 12-All prices from the FAA 2013 Commercial Launch Year in Review; payloads per wiki’s. Proton M, commercial launch e.g., SatelitesMexicanos. Soyuz, commercial launch, GlobalStar. May have been GTO launches, but LEO capability of launcher is plotted. 13-Ariane 6 -proposed. http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1406/17airbussafran/ 1-Price to NASA 2-Price to NASA 3-Price to NASA 4-Price to private sector customer, commercial 5-Price to DoD 6-Price to DoD of launch service only; excludes EELV Launch Capabilities yearly payments; final price = cost would add this yearly payment divided by the DoD launches that year; usually means adding (per launch) over $100M to the indicated cost/price per launch. 7-Price to NASA 8-Price to DoD, 1st launch 9-Price to private sector customer, commercial