I don't think that's the question.
You're speaking of what they charge.
I'm curious (and fwiw I'm not the OP, so I have no idea if they were asking this... :) what it costs.
Put another way, I wonder what this does to their margins?
You're speaking of what they charge.
I'm curious (and fwiw I'm not the OP, so I have no idea if they were asking this... :) what it costs.
Put another way, I wonder what this does to their margins?
... like building a LEO constellation of 11,943 satellites.
The upper limit comes from the fact that they are currently only reusing the first stage, and that the first stage core is ~75% of the cost of a launch.
So, if they can use a core n times, they get a % discount:
2 38%
3 50%
4 56%
5 60%
10 68%
This one probably isn't reusable since it landed in the water. Their next goal is to make a floating "bouncy castle" to land it on.
Can't wait to learn what name they'll pick for it.
This development is great. So much fun to watch.