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Comparable to Falcon 9? Unlikely - they've got three dozen Raptor engines on that thing, which alone account for the entire cost (not price) of a Falcon 9 flight. Maybe it is comparable to legacy launch providers, such as the Deltas and Atlases. But unlikely comparable to a Falcon 9 launch, even considering the larger payload.


In https://payloadspace.com/starship-report/ the cost of Falcon-9 launch is estimated as $15M. One Raptor is less than $1M, but full Starship has 39 Raptors.

Starship will be much more attractive when it will become fully reusable though.


You are launching 8x more payload vs ~15 reuses of Falcon9


the weights isn't the only upgrade, the SIZE is another very important metric....

They'll be able to get much larger objects up there without having to piece them together up there. Especially important for habitable objects and factory objects.


The current iteration of Starship has a payload bay door fit only for the Starlink satellite.


"The current iteration" is also just a proof of concept. Their published plans include fliptop and large bay doors. not to mention the HLS (Human Landing System) that includes an airlock.




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